SPEECH! THE STORYBOOK FOR KIDS

2020 vol 1

Story by: Ted Trent illustrations BY i365art.com SCREEN PLAY BY: JENNIFER HOWD & Ross Mihalko

GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL

HEATHER ATTEMPTS TO SCARE RUBIE BY GETTING THE GIRLS TO TURN AGAINST HER.

MR. HOOPER TELLS TEDDY HE SHOULD BE WORKING ON HIS SPEECH INSTEAD OF READING COMIC BOOKS. THEN, MR.HOOPER SUDDENLY GETS SICK. 2

MR. C IS ABOUT TO UNVEIL THE NEW SET DESIGNS FOR THE SPRING MUSICAL.

MR. C LOVES DIRECTING PLAYS. HE IS EXCITED TO REVEAL TO THE DRAMA CLUB THE EXPENSIVE SETS AND PROPS.

PRINICIPAL DIAZ TELLS MR. C THAT HE MUST TAKE OVER THE HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH TEAM OR LOSE HIS BUDGET FOR THE MUSICAL.

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AFTER MR. HOOPER TURNS ILL, RUBIE BEGINS TO WORRY ABOUT HER CHANCES AT THE UPCOMING SPEECH TEAM COMPETITION.

MR. C CHALLENGES THE KIDS TO TELL THEIR OWN STORIES INSTEAD OF THE SPEECHES ASSIGNED TO THEM. RUBIE, TEDDY, AND IAN WAIT FOR THEIR REPLACEMENT TEACHER TO ARRIVE.THEY ARE VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHO PRINICIPAL DIAZ PICKED TO REPLACE MR. HOOPER.

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TEDDY IS GETTING READY TO MAKE A SPEECH, BUT QUICKLY LEARNS HE ISN'T VERY GOOD AT IT ALONE. SO, TEDDY TRYS TO PERFORM A SCENE FROM ONE OF HIS COMIC BOOKS.

MR. C CHALLENGES TEDDY AND IAN TO PUT TOGETHER A HUMOROUS ACTING DUET. TEDDY BECOMES INSPIRED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE. 5

MR. C STOPS RUBIE IN THE HALLWAY. RUBIE SHARES HER FEARS OF DISAPPOINTING HER MOM.

CAROL SHINES REMINDS RUBIE OF THE SHINE'S FAMILY LEGACY. BUT IT IS WHAT CAROL DOESN'T SAY THAT BOTHERS RUBIE. RUBIE VISITS CAROL SHINES AT HER OFFICE. EMILY WARNS RUBIE NOT TO DISTURB her MOTHER. 6

RUBIE STRUGGLES WITH HER SPEECH BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE SPEECH SHE WANTS TO GIVE.

EVERYONE SURROUNDS THE SPEECH TEAM RESULTS PRAYING THEY SEE THEIR NAMES.

RUBIE DELIVERS HER NEW ORIGINAL SPEECH FOR THE FIRST TIME WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM HER MOM.

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RUBIE LEARNS SHE MADE IT INTO THE TOP SIX. NOW, SHE HAS TO PERFORM HER SPEECH IN FRONT OF A BIG AUDIENCE.

THOUGH RUBIE MADE IT TO THE FINALS, TEDDY AND IAN DIDN'T. RUBIE REMINDS THEM TO BE PROUD OF TAKING RISKS

BY PERFORMING ORIGINAL MATERIAL THEY LOVED. WHEN CAROL SHINES DISCOVERED RUBIE SWITCHED SPEECHES WITHOUT TELLING HER, CAROL TELLS HER DRIVER TO TURN THE LIMO AROUND.

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CAROL SHINES, MR. HOOPER AND PRINICIPAL DIAZ TELL RUBIE THAT SHE MAY HAVE TO LEAVE THE COMPETITION BECAUSE SHE LIED TO THEM. MR. C ALSO LEARNS THAT HE MIGHT BE FIRED FOR ENCOURAGING RUBIE. TEDDY AND IAN OVERHEAR THE CONVERSATION. BEFORE ANYONE HAS TIME TO THINK, THEY GRAB RUBIE BY THE ARM AND TELL HER TO "RUN!" THE KIDS RUN THROUGH THE HALLWAYS TO GET TO THE AUDITORIUM WHERE RUBIE MUST PERFORM HER SPEECH IN ONLY THREE MINUTES! 9

AS RUBIE FINISHS HER SPEECH, THE AUDIENCE BEGINS RISING TO THEIR FEET AND CLAPPING THEIR HANDS.

RUBIE GIVES THE SPEECH HER HEART WROTE. 10

RUBIE'S GREAT SPEECH CAUSED A CHANGE IN THE HEARTS OF SOME OF HER BIGGEST BULLIES. UNFORTUNATELY, HEATHER HILLS SHOWS NO SIGN OF HAVING A HEART.

EMILY, IAN, TEDDY, MR. C AND RUBIE ALL CELEBRATE THEIR VICTORIES. RUBIE WON THE ADMIRATION OF HER CLASSMATES, FRIENDS, PEERS, AND MOM. 11

AT THE END OF THE DAY, RUBIE WINS TOP PRIZE WITH HER ORIGINAL SPEECH AND RECEIVES A HUGE TROPHY.

IN THE GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL TROPHY CASE, RUBIE, CAROL, AND THE SPEECH TEAM FOREVER SHINE. 12