Chapter 152 No one can refuse such a cutie
Ada is still thinking about how to clean up the teaching team. People like Quirrell who are just doing nothing and are bent on causing trouble must not be retained. Trelawney, who lowers her education level, should also consider it appropriately. After all, this course is really difficult to recruit.
Another thing is to solve the problem of a certain teacher being too partial in the teaching team. This situation must be resolutely put an end to and cannot be tolerated. This kind of behavior that puts the heart in the armpit cannot serve as a role model for students.
After scaring the students and showing her innate "talent", Trelawney finally started today's class. She asked the students to work in pairs, drink the tea until only the tea leaves remained, and then interpret the meaning contained in it.
Fred and George filled three cups of tea and put them back on the table. The tea was piping hot, but Trelawney was urging everyone to start quickly. The twins drank the scalding tea in two sips. It was so hot that they stuck out their tongues. They looked similar to Galleons in summer.
Ada, who didn't have a ruthless iron mouth, blew the hot air slowly and unhurriedly. She didn't want to be burned and her mouth was full of blisters. The twins who had finished the tea shook the tea leaves a few times as instructed, drained the tea, and exchanged cups with each other.
"What did you see in the teacup?" Ada asked curiously. She was still swaying her teacup, more like a guest relaxing in a teahouse than someone here to take a class.
"I saw nothing but a pile of wet tea leaves!" Fred muttered. He had been staring at the teacup. He almost didn't recognize the teacup.
"I want to know, who invented this thing? This is too unreliable!" George was very dissatisfied with this course. He looked at the shape of the tea leaves, which sometimes looked like a puppy and sometimes looked like a hat. His head was so big.
Ada drank up the tea in her cup and shook the cup. She could not distinguish the shape of the tea leaves. She smiled and said: "I feel like my third eye is covered, and it can no longer see the future."
The three people who put down their teacups laughed together. They had lost interest in this course. Trelawney wandered among the students, asking them to broaden their minds and look beyond the boundaries of the world. In other words, they should have a big enough brain and be able to make up.
As long as you can predict death or misfortune in a teacup, you are a qualified fortune teller in Trelawney's eyes.
When Trelawney announced the end of get out of class in her unclear voice, the students in the classroom rushed to leave. In this short class, half of the students had been predicted to be unlucky, and the remaining half of the students were The things you fear will happen one day.
The entire army was wiped out, no one was spared.
After leaving the north tower, Ada and the others appeared in the auditorium. She was scooping stew into her tableware, as if she was trying to turn her grief and anger into appetite. As long as the third-year Gryffindor students took the Divination class, they would be the same as Ada now.
For them, the afternoon of the first day of school was really terrible. One professor was timid and stuttered, and the other professor was drunk and neurotic. They experienced such two sleeping dragons and phoenixes in one afternoon, which can be said to be very miserable.
What's even worse is that afternoons like this last for the entire school year.
After deciding to choose divination as an elective course, Ada once imagined that one day she would become a prophet, able to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, and then be able to strategize and win a thousand-mile victory.
Unfortunately, reality soon made Ada sober up. If she wanted to transform herself into a prophet, it would probably take her decades, or even more.
Among the many magic subjects, divination is the least rigorous one, and the textbook has no meaning. It is just a summary of the previous divination masters, and its applicability is not high.
Trelawney also said, "Books can only teach you so little...", so it is useless to study books like other subjects. It can only help you understand other people's predictions faster.
There are no shortcuts, no guidance from famous teachers, and no "third eye" of her own. It is true that Ada cannot be as good as other subjects in divination, but she is still good enough to cope with the exam.
In the final analysis, it is still a matter of talent. If Ada has the same talent as Cassandra Trelawney, then Ada can teach herself without a teacher and become a diviner that everyone respects.
On Tuesday afternoon, students who had just finished lunch arrived outside the castle. The weather was very good, it wasn't raining, and the grass under their feet was very springy. They were going to have their first Care of Magical Creatures lesson in their lives.
Walking down the grassy slope, we came to an open space near the Forbidden Forest, where Professor Wilmina Graplan was waiting for everyone. She was an older witch with gray-white hair cut short.
She also liked to smoke, which reminded Ada of Grover Cecil.
The Care of Magical Creatures class was originally supposed to be taught by Professor Kettleburn. Although this professor has been detained for probation sixty-two times, everyone still likes him very much. He is a righteous and interesting old man.
But Teacher Kettleburn is old after all. He is temporarily unable to teach due to physical reasons, but the class cannot be stopped, so Professor Graplan appears here.
It is said that Hagrid also wanted to teach as a substitute, but Dumbledore ultimately chose Grapeplan. Fortunately, Dumbledore did not choose Hagrid, otherwise the students would have to face Hagrid's big babies in their first class, which would definitely be an unforgettable life experience.
"Come here quickly, our first class is about to begin." Professor Graplan waved to the students. She was standing on a piece of freshly turned soil.
When the students stood on the dirt floor like her, Professor Graplan said: "I see that some of you are very nervous, don't worry, the magical animals in the first class are very gentle, I promise you Everyone will love it.”
Professor Grapeland opened the large box next to him and took out a small cage from the box. In the cage was a small animal covered with black down and with a long snout. It looked a little like a mole or a miniature platypus.
"Does anyone know what this little cutie is?" Professor Graplan asked, "Just tell me, it's outdoors, not inside the classroom."
At this time, Ada was naturally unwilling to be outdone, and she said loudly: "Niff, Xiu, an animal from the United Kingdom that is good at digging in the ground. They like all shiny things, such as gold and jewelry. Sniffs usually live underground. The litter size is six to eight in a ten-inch nest.”
While Ada was answering the question, Fred and George were whispering. Fred whispered: "Don't you think Ada is a good candidate for raising a Niffler?"
"It's very suitable, and I think Ada will serve Xiu Xiu with delicious food and drink, and even offer it up." George replied quietly behind Ada.
"Very good, two points for Gryffindor." Grapplan took the Sniff in his hand, "Usually the goblins will use these cute little guys to dig for treasures. Although the Sniff is gentle in nature, its full destructive power makes it Not suitable as a pet.”
After Professor Grapeland explained a lot of knowledge about Sniffs, he asked everyone to line up in pairs to get a Sniff and dig out "treasures" from the open space in front of them. This is the content of today's class.
Ada held a Niffler in her hands, and she found that this little thing was indeed very friendly to people, and was not as "mighty" as other magical animals. It would be even better if this little cutie could fit in his own pocket.
Watching Xiu Xiu burrowing in and out of the ground, looking for bling bling things, money-lover Ada actually came up with the idea of raising a few Xiu Xiu as pets. You can let go of Zoe Wu first. Who can refuse such a cute little thing?
When you are short of money, you can take Sniff with you to find treasures. With Sniff in hand, who would bother to open a joke shop?
When get out of class was over, Ada reluctantly handed back the Sniff. She also asked Professor Graplan about the price of the Sniff. Even on the way back to the castle, Ada still looked back three times every step of the way, looking longingly at the box containing the Sniffer in Graplan.
The first Care of Magical Creatures lesson was originally going to be about the Bowtruckle or the Fire Crab, but the Sniff was really irresistible.
