Unknowingly, a few days passed. Due to Dumbledore's request for confidentiality, the basilisk issue did not cause much disturbance among teachers and students. None of the students even noticed that Filch's Mrs. Norris, who usually likes to wander around the school, has not been seen for many days!
In the current Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, except for Professor Lockhart, who always likes to wear a pair of Muggle sunglasses when entering and exiting the castle, no matter day or night, there seems to be no special abnormality.
Recently, students have been discussing more about when Professor Anne will start classes for the second time! After all, it has been a week since the last class started, but until now, there is no sign of whether she wants to start another class! When students walk out of the auditorium after dinner every day, they will subconsciously look at the wall above the exit, hoping to suddenly see some new class start notices on it!
On Wednesday afternoon, it was time for herbology class for the second-year students at Hogwarts. Pomona Sprout was standing at the door of the school's herb cultivation greenhouse. She gave each student who entered the greenhouse a sound-isolating earphone. cover. This chubby, honest, middle-aged witch is not only the herbal medicine professor at the school, but also the dean of Hufflepuff House.
"Professor, why did she give each of us such an earmuff? What is it for? Harry, do you know?" Ron played with the earmuffs. He couldn't figure it out. It was just a herbal medicine class! Why send them this kind of thing? Is it antifreeze? But it’s not that cold yet! It’s not long since autumn began!
"Ah? Don't ask me! I don't know anything!" Harry shrugged his shoulders. He was still wondering about this. How could he know what the earmuffs the professor gave him were for!
"Oh! Merlin! Harry! Ron! Don't tell me that you never do any previews before class?" Hermione, who was passing by, heard the conversation between Harry and Ron and looked at the two little ones in surprise. partner.
"Preview before class? What is that? Isn't it necessary?" Ron tried to put on earmuffs and turned his head to look at Harry. "Harry, have you previewed before class?"
"Of course not! I never do previews! There is so much time, wouldn't it be the same if I read it in class?" Harry also followed Ron's example and tried to put on earmuffs.
"You guys are so awesome!" Hermione looked at these two treasures angrily, then turned around and walked to her best friend. She swore that she would never lend them notes to copy again! They brought this upon themselves!
"Okay, students! Listen to me! Today in our herbal medicine class, we are going to learn how to take care of a strange herb! What I say next is very, very important! Please listen carefully! Otherwise, I can't guarantee that you will be able to take care of it." I'm hurt because of this!" Herbal Medicine Professor Pomona Sprout saw all the students gathered and clapped her hands to indicate that everyone should listen to her carefully.
"So, let me check first, does anyone know what we are going to cover in this class?" Pomona Sprout asked. Then she smiled and looked at the students crowded in the greenhouse. Then she saw Hermione with her hands raised high. "Okay! Miss Granger, please speak."
"What we are going to learn in this class is to understand the habits of mandrakes and learn how to repot them!" Hermione said word by word. She had already previewed the entire second-year herbal medicine course. Of course I know what class I'm going to take today.
"Very good! Five points for Gryffindor!" After waving for Hermione to retreat, Pomona Sprout asked again: "So, does anyone else know what mandrake is? What else? Use it? Are there any matters that need to be paid attention to? "
After listening to the professor's words, the students in the entire greenhouse classroom looked at me and I looked at you. Although they wanted to earn points for their own college, it was obvious that except Hermione, who still raised her right hand high, the others were not interested in this Mander. Nothing is known about the herbs that pull grass.
"Okay! It's you, Miss Granger, please tell me." Professor Pomona Sprout was a little sad. She only planned to ask two questions in this class, and she only had 10 points in total!
But the current situation seems that all the points will be earned by Gryffindor students! For such a simple question, hasn’t anyone else thought of reading the textbook in advance?
"Mandrake, also called mandrake root, can make a powerful restorative, used to restore deformed people or people under a spell to their original state. The growth process of mandrake requires Keep changing pots for them until they are fully mature! Moreover, it is said that the cry of mandrake can kill people!" Hermione proudly told everything she knew, and then returned to the queue. He glared at this idiot Ron angrily! What does it mean when he looks at himself like an alien?
"Very good! Perfect! Five more points for Gryffindor!" Pomona Sprout took the lead in applauding. "But please don't worry, our mandrakes are not mature yet, and their cries are not fatal! What's more, we have earmuffs specially designed to deal with them!" She raised the earmuffs in her hand, and the students I finally understand why I have to give one to everyone when I come in!
"Now, let me finally add that the cry of mature mandrakes can kill people! Although these of ours are not yet mature, but! If you don't wear earmuffs and hear their cries directly, it will definitely cause death. It's not a minor injury! So! Students, please be vigilant! You must strictly follow the rules: wear your earmuffs!" She stared at the students in the greenhouse seriously, and did not continue until every student put them on. He continued.
"These earmuffs have been treated with special magic! They will only isolate most of the harmful sounds, but you can still hear what I am saying! Okay! Please pay attention, students! I will only do it for you. A demonstration!”
After saying that, Pomona Sprout visually checked again to make sure that all the students were wearing earmuffs, then she took a pot of mandrake, and then took another slightly larger empty pot and put it on the Next to him, he motioned to the students to pay attention. Then she grabbed the rhizome of the mandrake on the soil, took a breath and then pulled it out of the mud!
The mandrake that was pulled out of the soil kept twisting and struggling with its deformed limbs like a human being. The open mouth under the distorted face let out bursts of screams like the cry of a child! Although the magic earmuffs blocked out all harmful sounds, the students still subconsciously covered their ears tightly until Professor Pomona Sprout once again stuffed the mandrakes into the big basin and covered it. After the soil was dry, they lowered their hands.
"Okay! Have you all seen clearly? Mandrakes are a very troublesome thing! They don't like to be pulled out of the soil, so you need to pull them out hard! And after they are pulled out, they don't want to Return to the soil honestly! Therefore, you still need to stuff them into the big pot and cover them with soil quickly! Do you understand? Good!"
After finishing speaking, seeing that the students nodded to express their understanding, Professor Pomona Sprout asked the students to divide into teams of two, and one of them was responsible for pulling up the mandrake and stuffing it back into the classroom. Hold it down in the pot while another student is responsible for quickly covering it with soil.
"Pavati, are you ready? I'm going to pull it out soon!" Hermione and Parvati were divided into a group. Hermione was grabbing the branches and leaves of the mandrake, while Parvati was Next to him, he was holding a big basin nervously.
After seeing that her companions were ready, Hermione imitated Sprout's instructions, ruthlessly pulled up the mandrake, lifted it into the air and looked at its disgusting and twisted roots, and then quickly removed it. It was stuffed into the basin and pressed firmly, and then Parvati, who had been preparing it for a long time, quickly covered the basin with soil.
"Miss Granger! And Miss Patil! You did a great job! Excellent!"
Professor Pomona Sprout happened to walk next to them. Seeing their quick movements and tacit cooperation, she couldn't help but nodded and praised them. If all students were like these two little girls, she would be able to Save your worries! After finishing her review, she continued to patrol towards other students.
"Harry, are you ready?" Seeing that everyone else has almost done it, the only ones who haven't started yet are him and Harry! This made Ron a little nervous when he grabbed the branches of the mandrake.
"Okay! Let's do it, Ron!" Harry closed his eyes, holding the big basin in one hand and the small bucket of soil in the other. He was already sure that he was ready!
"Hey! Get up!" Ron pulled it up with both hands. After he caught the mandrake seedling in the air, it began to struggle and cry.
Ron did not immediately continue to operate according to Sprout's instructions. Instead, he stared at the mandrake seedlings for a while and grinned proudly! It seems that this matter is very simple! He was thinking to himself, and just as he was about to stuff it into the big pot that Harry was holding, he saw a little girl sitting on the window sill of the greenhouse out of the corner of his eye.
He took a closer look and realized it was Professor Anne! At this moment, little Annie was not wearing any earmuffs. She was just sitting directly on the window sill of the greenhouse, chewing on a bag of French fries, and curiously looking at the mandrake that Ron was holding in the air.
Annie secretly teleported to this greenhouse for a while, and this was the first time she saw this magical herb! So while she was eating, she watched the students catch the herbs that looked like little people and change their pots. This looks like fun! If little Annie hadn't been eating and didn't like how dirty they were, she would have tried it out!
Ron didn't know exactly when Professor Anne appeared there! But this is not important, because what makes Ron feel even more puzzled is: isn't it said that the sound of mandrake can kill people? Why is Professor Anne okay without earmuffs? Looking at the way she was eating with gusto, how did she look like she might be injured or killed? Could it be that Professor Pomona Sprout still deceives students? This shouldn't be the case!
oh! I see! This mandrake must be small, and its sound won't do any harm to the wizard! That must be it! That’s right!
Thinking of this, Ron proudly continued to hold the mandrake in the air with his right hand, then took off the earmuffs on his ears with his free left hand, and said loudly in a voice that could be heard by the whole class. : "Look! Harry, Professor Anne didn't wear earmuffs either. I'm sure that this mandrake seedling will never cause any harm to me..."
Ron had just taken off his own earmuffs, and before he could say the last word "harm", four lines of bright red blood flowed out of his nostrils and ears, and he fell straight down!
"Oh! No! Ron!" Harry was startled by Ron's actions and quickly dropped the basin and stepped forward to support him.
"Aha! Look at this idiot! Hahaha! Look what he has done!" Malfoy and Goyle on the other side couldn't help but take the lead in laughing when they saw Ron's appearance.
"Don't do this! Classmates! Please don't do this! This is not funny at all!" Upon seeing this, Professor Pomona Sprout hurried over and stuffed the mandrake back into the pot and quickly covered it with soil before taking off the ears. The man behind the mask said to the students with a serious expression! She leaned down and roughly checked Ron's injuries. Fortunately, it looked like he had just fainted.
"And you! Professor Anne! Please don't show up in my class casually. This will seriously interfere with my class! Moreover, your bad behavior will also send wrong information to the students! This will mislead the students! This Very dangerous! Very dangerous!" Pomona Sprout turned around and said sternly to Annie, who was still sitting on the window sill eating French fries and watching the show.
"Oh! Well, I'm really sorry!" Annie was just passing by and came to join in the fun and see rare plants! But he didn't expect that he would cause trouble for the other party. He couldn't help but stick out his tongue, and quickly cast a flicker spell to escape!
"Okay! Students! You can pack up your things and leave after class! Remember! You must hand in an assignment about the habits of mandrake before the next class! At least one piece of parchment must be filled! Finally! Let me remind everyone again One sentence: Before you have enough confidence in your strength, never do anything that overestimates your capabilities! Not everyone can listen to the voice of mandrake! Otherwise...!" This classmate named Ron This is your role model! But she didn't say this in public! It’s so hurtful!
After Professor Pomona Sprout finished speaking, she bent down and picked up Ron. Although the child seemed to be fine, he still needed to be taken to the infirmary and Madam Pomfrey had to give him a good check-up.
"Hey! Poor Ron!" Of course Hermione and Harry also went to the infirmary together. Watching Ron being put on the hospital bed to recover by Madam Pomfrey, they felt sorry for her unreliable little boy. Dude, Hermione didn't even know what to say, how could he dare to take off his earmuffs so casually? Is little Annie someone he can imitate casually? Without even thinking about it, people can tear apart the dragon with their hands and beat the entire Ministry of Magic! I'm afraid you Ron can't even defeat a troll, right?
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