Chapter 81 Teaching Assistant Maca

It can be seen that under the influence of Malfoy's injury, Hagrid's condition is not very good today.

After all the students arrived, he led them along the edge of the forest. Five minutes later, they were already outside a paddock.

Come up to this fence, everybody! he cried. Stand where you can see. Now, the first thing you have to do is open your books—

Seeing that most of the students looked depressed, Maca decided to take the initiative to demonstrate to everyone.

Everyone, you just need to stroke the spine of the book. As he said, he used his actions to tell everyone the correct way to open these Monster Books of Monsters.

Immediately, everyone followed suit.

It can be seen that some students still think this is funny, but the shadow brought by these books cannot be eliminated in a while.

A book that bites, which is kind of scary.

Oh, yes! Maca did a great job, five points for Hufflepuff! Hagrid looked a little happier. Oh, I mean, Mr. McGlane.

He paused, then continued: Then next, um...

It was time to call out the hippogriffs, but at this moment, Hagrid hesitated. Maca knew that he was still worried about whether someone would be hurt again.

Well, in fact, Professor Hagrid just invited me to be his teaching assistant for a class... Maca suddenly stood up, facing everyone, and said calmly, I think, for some strange reason, everyone must be very interested in the class. The content has already been understood to a certain extent.”

Maca's teasing tone made Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw students chuckle secretly.

Indeed, apart from Slytherin, few people would like a clown like Malfoy, and they didn't have a good impression of him.

Although there will always be people who worry about getting hurt, it seems to be a fact after all.

Cough, but I want to tell everyone, Maca cleared his throat, Professor Hagrid's lectures are very interesting.

Yes, he prepared some rare materials for me, which allows me to tell you some things that cannot be found in books.

As Maca said, she turned her head and signaled Hagrid to lead the hippogriffs out.

Oh well.

Seeing that he spoke calmly, Hagrid subconsciously turned around and took action.

That's right, everyone has heard that the content of today's course is 'Hippygriff'. Maca continued, This is a creature born from the mating of a male griffin and a mare. And we You know, griffins despise creatures like 'horses' very much, so the birth of the Hippogriff must be said to be an unbelievable thing...

Maca saw that some of Ravenclaw's bright students were nodding, and it was obvious that the studious eaglets knew about it.

And because of this, he went on, creatures like hippogriffs have always been regarded as symbols of miracles and love—

It's very romantic, isn't it? Maca spread her hands.

Oh yes! This creature sounds amazing! said several little girls suddenly, their eyes sparkling.

Obviously, Maca's remarks are very popular with little girls.

Hey! Assistant teacher! Although that's really interesting, it says in the book that the natural enemy of this creature is the griffin? A Ravenclaw boy wearing glasses couldn't help but ask.

But Maca wasn't worried at all because of this. He explained calmly: ...This just shows the cruelty of survival. Everyone should understand that everything has its own side. It's like us wizards, hunting Magical creatures, using their materials to make various potions that cure diseases and save lives, and facilitate life,

We must also take responsibility to protect them to continue to survive, instead of becoming extinct one by one over time and disappearing into the dust of history. This is also one of the important meanings of the course 'Protecting Magical Creatures'.

When the students listened to what Maca said, they became serious unconsciously, and everyone was thinking about the meaning contained in it.

Of course, Maca added, it's also because of this cruel side that makes us feel how precious its beautiful side is, isn't it?

By this time, Hagrid had arrived in the clearing with six hippogriffs. It seems that because of yesterday's lesson, it is more appropriate for him to decide to reduce the number in the end.

You know, when he taught Gryffindor and Slytherin yesterday, he brought twelve of them!

Although everyone already has a certain understanding of these creatures, it is the first time to see their real appearance, and everyone's attention is focused on them for a while.

Hippogriffs have the body, hind legs and tail of a horse, but the front legs, wings and head of an eagle.

They have steel-colored beaks and large, bright orange eyes. The claws on the front legs were about half a foot long, and looked dangerous indeed.

Around each hippogriff's neck was a thickly feathered collar, to which was fastened a long chain, and the ends of these chains were held in Hagrid's large hand, who walked slowly behind the animals. ran to the paddock.

Go over there! he yelled, shaking the chain, and yelling at these guys to come up to the fence where all the students stood.

When Hagrid stepped forward and chained these guys to the fence, most of the students couldn't help but back away a little.

Hippies. Hagrid yelled loudly, waved to everyone, and then said cautiously: They are really beautiful, aren't they?

In fact, these half-bird, half-horse creatures do look very good. They have shiny fur, and the color changes gradually from head to tail, which makes people want to touch them.

Of course, you have to ignore their sharp beaks and sharp claws first.

Well, the first thing you have to know about hippogriffs is that they're proud, Hagrid said, dropping his voice, you know, at first contact , it is easy to offend them, you need to...

Maca had to shake his head secretly.

If things go on like this, there will be no need for this class. Although Hagrid was a half-blood giant, his heart seemed to be inherited from humans—this was a bit too delicate.

He is always worried that he will leave a bad impression on the children.

...As Professor Hagrid said, seeing Hagrid's voice getting lower and lower, Maca had no choice but to speak again, hippogriffs are proud creatures, which come from their paternal blood— —that is, a griffin.”

But also for this reason, they, like griffins, can be tamed by wizards. They have no preconceived hostility towards humans. As long as they know the correct way to communicate, they can become your friends instead, even in front of you. Protect you in times of danger.

Oh, yes, that's right! Mr. McLean is very correct. Hagrid said happily, The way to communicate with them is to wait for them to take action first. This is polite, understand? You tell him Go over and bow.

Attention, keep your eyes on it at all times! Then you wait. If it also bows to you, you can touch it. If it doesn't bow, then leave it quickly, because that means, it I'm not in a good mood right now.

Or, it's something you did wrong. Maca added.

Then, Maca said loudly again: Next, I will give you a demonstration first, I hope you can carefully watch every step.

Wait, I'll untie it first—

But before Hagrid finished speaking, Maca had already walked in front of the Hippogriff. He stared at it without blinking, then bowed slightly.

Opposite him, the eagle horse, who was a little annoyed by the restraint of the leather collar, tilted his head to look at Maca, and immediately fell silent.

It can be seen that the eagle horse is staring at Maca's eyes, and its appearance looks a little strange.

Oh, what's the matter? Hagrid rushed up, but found that the Hippogriff seemed a little disturbed—all the feathers on its neck stood up.

I forgot that there is still this crop. Seeing this, Maca frowned slightly.

Hippogriffs are very sensitive creatures to gaze, from which they can judge benign or malicious, cowardly or ferocious, and use this to avoid danger.

But the Hippogriff couldn't feel any judgmental emotions in Maca's eyes, which made it feel uneasy.

Professor Hagrid, do you have something to eat? You know, the ones that the Hippogriff likes... Maca asked, maintaining his eye contact with the Hippogriff.

Oh, of course! Hagrid took a ferret from the large pocket behind him and put it in Maca's outstretched hand.

Maca shook the ferret in front of him, and the Hippogriff was immediately attracted by its favorite food.

Maca took two steps forward and threw the ferret to it.

The eagle horse quickly spread its wings and flapped a few times, raised its neck to catch the ferret thrown by Maca, and then swallowed it in one gulp.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Maca bowed again.

Facts have proved that for a creature with a slightly lower IQ like the Hippogriff, giving them food is actually a more appropriate way to make friends.

This time, after hesitating for a while, it also bent its scaly front knees and lowered its head.

Good job! You succeeded! Hagrid was as excited as if he had succeeded, and waved his hand, telling Maca to go up and touch it.

And the students outside the fence seemed to be relieved, and chatted with each other.