| a few things before I start reading (No spoilers, I promise) |
 a few things before I start reading (No spoilers, I promise) | Jul. 21st, 2007 @ 01:18 am  |
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Happy Birthday Pi and Laura!
I had my book in my hands walking out at 12:05, being the 4th person ithe Ravenclaw line. Someone ahead of me in one of the lines flipped to the last page and shouted out the last line of the book to the waiting crowd. Poor people.Thankfully, I was in the store and didn't hear it.
Anyway. The evening was cute. Still toomany games and activities for kids, BUT some of the quizzes and stuff were HARD. I got 45/50 on the DADA "exam" (missed 5 questions),and I did well with the others too. Muggle Studies was a piece of cake - it was jsut this really easy crossword puzzle about Muggles. I had to LJ bvefore I start reading because I have to tell this story.
One of the questions on the crossword was "Muggles use ___________ to have light". There was a little girl of maybe seven or eight or so trying to do the puzzle and she was having a pretty bad time at it. the word was 11 letters long and had an R in the middle somewhere. Her first guess was "lightbulb", but it didn't fit. then, she guessed "lampost",and that doesn't fit either. She looked to her mom, and her mom couldn't figure out the answer! so, I gave her a clue. I told her it was what muggles use to make the light work, and then she guessed "electricity". She asked her mom how to spell it, and her mom said "I don't know"!!!! So, I spelled it for her. Next question: "How Do Muggles talk long distance?" girl suggested "a phone call", but it didn't fit. mom suggested "cell phone?" and it fit, only we knew the word started with a T. think, think, what starts with T that has to do with making calls? Oh, what's that? A TELEPHONE? DING! So, I gave her the hint "what do you talk on when you make a call?" and she got it. THEN, we had the joke question - "What is the purpose of a Rubber Duck". The answer was 4 letters. We had P_a_. The girl,again, needed help with it. mom, once again, was NO HELP. so I asked her "what do you do with your friends?" and she very tentatively said to me "play?" so I asked her if it fit, and it did. Through our system of clues, and with her mom constantly saying "I don't know", she got the whole puzzle filled out and earned her 5 house points. Bonus question was "what magical creature runs Gringots?" and she was thinking and thinking about it and finally whispered to me "a ghost?" and I told her she was on the right track, to think of something else that started with a G, and then she got Goblin. the little girl gave me a hug for helping her, but all I could think was "wow, mom, i hope your kid gets a better education than you"
And now that I've slurped down a very suggary and caffeinated iced beverage and changed into my jammies, I shall put on some music and curl up with the very last Harry Potter book.
Oh, and for some reason, even though they had signs of "free posters"....we didn't get any. BOOO. But I did score a free water bottle.
Anyway....
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