diff --git a/count.rb b/count.rb
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+class WordCount
+  attr_accessor :speech
+  attr_reader :counted_words
+
+  def load_file(path)
+    @speech = File.read(path)
+  end
+
+  def parse_words
+    @speech.gsub!(/[^0-9a-zA-Z\s]/, '')
+    @speech.gsub!(/\s+/, ' ')
+    @speech.downcase!.strip!
+    @speech = @speech.split(' ')
+  end
+
+  def count_words
+    @counted_words = Hash.new
+    @speech.each do |word|
+      if @counted_words.include?(word)
+        @counted_words[word] += 1
+      else
+        @counted_words[word] = 1
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def report
+    sorted_words = @counted_words.sort_by { |word, count| -count }
+    sorted_words.each do |word, count|
+        puts count.to_s + ' - ' + word
+    end
+  end
+
+  def run
+    load_file('speech.txt')
+    parse_words
+    count_words
+    report
+  end
+end
diff --git a/count_spec.rb b/count_spec.rb
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+require 'rspec'
+require_relative 'count'
+
+describe 'WordCount' do
+  let(:words) { WordCount.new }
+
+  it "returns text when file is loaded" do
+    expect(words.load_file('speech.txt')).not_to be_nil
+  end
+
+  it "speech contains no special characters after parsing" do
+    words.load_file('speech.txt')
+    words.parse_words
+    expect(words.speech =~ /^0-9a-zA-z\s/i).to be nil
+  end
+
+  it "counts words correctly" do
+    words.speech = "One two three one two four"
+    words.parse_words
+    words.count_words
+    expect(words.counted_words["one"]).to eq 2
+    expect(words.counted_words["two"]).to eq 2
+    expect(words.counted_words["three"]).to eq 1
+    expect(words.counted_words["four"]).to eq 1
+  end
+end
diff --git a/run.rb b/run.rb
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+require_relative 'count'
+
+words = WordCount.new
+words.run