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Not much to report in terms of coursework. Potions seems like it’s harder this term (I think I’ll take you up on that study offer, Draco!), but Charms is actually pretty interesting, and we’ve learned some pretty handy spells so far. Sort of like the ones we learned on the camping trip. I like it when it’s easy to see how what you’re learning could be useful for you later. It makes practising less of a chore.

Sally-Anne and me took Pyewacket to see Professor Brutka yesterday before dinner, and you’re definitely right, Neville, his office is brilliant. It’s got all sorts of funny shaped cages hanging from the rafters with all sorts of random things in them, and he’s got little lamps everywhere so it looks really pretty at night when they’re all lit up.

Pyewacket got on really well with Professor Brutka, which is good. I was a bit worried about how he’d do, as he hissed a bit at Professor Lockhart as we were walking down the corridor to get outside, so I thought he might’ve been in a bad mood or something, but he immediately curled up on Professor Brutka’s lap and started purring as soon as we all sat down. He even got some tinned kippers as a treat!

And we got a treat too! Chocolate frogs, not kippers. He collects chocolate frog cards -- he showed us his drawer full of cards, and he’s got loads and loads of them! Some really old ones, even. I’ll bet they’re really rare. He gave Sally-Anne a Bellatrix Lestrange card, cause he’s already got one, and didn’t need any extras. I wonder if any French witches or wizards are on chocolate frog cards?

His accent was a little hard to understand, but also sort of neat. I like the way French people say the letter “r” and the letter “u.” It’s rounder and lighter sounding or something. I can’t quite copy it right when I try it out. I wish I knew how to speak French.

But yeah. His office was fun.