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alt_macnair) wrote2009-02-12 09:17 am
alt_macnair) wrote2009-02-12 09:17 am
forest
After one of yesterday's lessons, I overheard a fifth year lassie from Ravenclaw wonder aloud if I ever slept at the castle. Truth of fact I always sleep at the castle. I've got a set of quarters as plush as any man could ever need, with a nice fire in the grate and a good pillow. It can take a long time, years even, to find a good pillow.
But the forest needs more managing than one man, our Mr Lupin, can handle. As much as we do to keep students from wanderin into the forest, the forest must also be prevented from wanderin into Hogwarts. Every week I check for tracks, and look carefully to see that creatures aren't making their nests too close to the school. Usually they have a mind not to, but some of them are drawn to humans, be it for ill or good. Webs are the real bother, cos it takes a good study to tell if they're spun by common arachnids or something more sinister. And the tracks of some larger creatures can look a bit alike, especially in thick mud. Lupin's a good help on that count, got that nose of his.
Still, I can't help but curse the daft fool who decided to call the forest Forbidden. That's a sweet and sure way to make the youngin's long to take a wander in it.
Yet if there was ever a time it was forbidden, it's now. Deep into winter with no touch of spring, you can bet a pretty galleon that there're some beasties who are raging for a good meal. So mind your heels and steer clear, yeah?
Weasley If any student of my house needs a word, I'll be popping into the common room for a bit after supper.
But the forest needs more managing than one man, our Mr Lupin, can handle. As much as we do to keep students from wanderin into the forest, the forest must also be prevented from wanderin into Hogwarts. Every week I check for tracks, and look carefully to see that creatures aren't making their nests too close to the school. Usually they have a mind not to, but some of them are drawn to humans, be it for ill or good. Webs are the real bother, cos it takes a good study to tell if they're spun by common arachnids or something more sinister. And the tracks of some larger creatures can look a bit alike, especially in thick mud. Lupin's a good help on that count, got that nose of his.
Still, I can't help but curse the daft fool who decided to call the forest Forbidden. That's a sweet and sure way to make the youngin's long to take a wander in it.
Yet if there was ever a time it was forbidden, it's now. Deep into winter with no touch of spring, you can bet a pretty galleon that there're some beasties who are raging for a good meal. So mind your heels and steer clear, yeah?