Chapter 5 Hatching fragrant foxes as pets
Aitch turned back to the Blotted Bookstore, which had all the textbooks he needed, the shelves of which hung from the ceiling, books the size of paving stones decorated with feathers, books the size of postage stamps with velvet covers, books full of strange symbols, and some books with nothing in them, and the wealthy Aitch wanted to cram everything into his box, but he couldn't. The owner of the bookstore just doesn't sell, and he also teaches Aichi in an old-fashioned way: as a freshman, you can't be ambitious, you must study hard in a down-to-earth manner, and make progress every day.
Then he went and bought a pot of ash, a scale to measure the mass accurately, a brass telescope that could be folded, enough potions materials, and finally a pet shop: the Fantastic Zoo.
In the original book, it was here that Hermione bought Crook Hill, which not only had owls "cooing" in cages, but rats and cats locked in different cages; The toads swam about in a glass jar, and a few mischievous ones jumped out of the feeding openings and pounced on the interested little wizards, as if they had recommended themselves as pets; The fat rabbit grabbed its ears and pulled itself out of its hat and stuffed it back in; The snail slowly patrolled its territory, its two tentacles swaggering around, as if directing the raven's noise; A tortoise shell studded with precious stones, flaunting its wealth and prestige......
But this was not Edge's thing, and he noticed that there was a ginger kitten in the cage, with fluffy and thick hair, and its face seemed to be weighed down by something, and it was lazy, and it was not a person who had ever sat on it without paying attention.
There was still a little piece of meat in Edge's pocket, it was a hungry mouth, he tore a little and fed it to its mouth, and the kitten took it as a matter of course. Aitch took the opportunity to touch its head, its spine and round belly, and had heard that cats liked to be touched here.
A witch came out from behind the counter, "Looks like you get along well, are you looking to buy a pet?" This is Crook Hill, and it's not long since it was here, and few people can make it so recognized. Seeing that Aitch looked cute, "Are you sure it's it?" The witches were about to reach out and take Crookhill out, but Crookhill shook herself to escape Edge's touch.
"It's a likable guy, but it doesn't seem to want to go with me, it's a pity." "Crookshank is a very spiritual cat, and he can get mad at Wormtails before he even recognizes Hermione as his master, and he is a rare good cat.
Aitch tickled it again, "Anything else?" I want to bring just some special pets. The implication was that none of the witch's pets were in his eyes.
"Okay." The witch takes Aitch to the backyard, which is filled with unpopular pets, such as lizards, vipers, spiders, centipedes, and pangolins...... All kinds of strange little animals, rich in variety, just in time to catch up with a large zoo, really live up to its magical zoo sign.
But Aitch was not in the mood at all except goosebumps, "Well, what a picky client, it looks like I'm going to have to take out some personal treasures." The witch seemed to have misunderstood Edge's tastes, and made no secret of her chagrin, leading Edge through the backyard into a small room with a large number of eggs and a cage covered with a hood.
"Most of the pets here have the nature of the first person they see is the owner, or they need to be born in a specific way, and the types are written on the signs below, and you can pick them out yourself. This is the last stock I have, and if I don't have it, then I can't do anything about it. The witch had to rush to the front to see the shop, and said, "Don't open the cover lightly." Even if you choose, some cages are dangerous. ”
The door closed again, leaving a dim light that made it barely readable to see the words on the sign, invisible monsters, scarabs, unicorn eggs...... Aitch gasped, which was even more surprising than the "Reptile Pavilion" outside.
The last thing Aitch chose was an egg, the pale yellow shell was dotted with pink spots, it would be a fragrant fox. Generally, when the fox grows up, there will be a kind of smell, people even name a kind of body odor as fox odor, but the fox has a 1 in a million chance to give birth to a fragrant fox egg, and the wizard has treated the fragrant fox egg with special magic, so that it can be born after it is born, according to the wizard's wishes to emit a specific fragrance.
Aitch chose a white owl, and although the Hogwarts list stated that each person could only bring one pet, Aitch believed that pets and couriers should not be confused.
Aitch dragged his large box back to No. 5 Privet Road, and it was already time to cook dinner, and luckily, Ms. Gray was waiting for him to return, and Aitch hung the owl cage on the balcony on the second floor, fed it for dinner, and let it out for a walk. Lady Grey saw that he had eaten and left, and of course she promised to bring him the materials for hatching the fox.
There are so many things going on today, and Aitch cleans himself and the fox eggs well to prepare for tomorrow's hatching. Hatching a fragrant fox is an extremely sensitive thing to smells, and it just so happens that Ms. Gray has cleaned it today, as long as she has her things ready tomorrow. Professor McGonagall left him with a ticket for September 1st, giving him plenty of time to hatch the fox and prepare for school.
The next morning, Aitch woke up early, and Lady Grey came early, and brought a basket of fresh lavender, which had not yet dried, and evidently she had begun to prepare before dawn.
Aitch puts the finishing touches on himself and the Fox Egg, and even Lady Grey and Locke (Aitch's name for the owl) are thrown out.
He crushed a basket of lavender into foam, buried the eggs in a small basin, poured in a bottle of magic potion given to him by the witch, and then cut the tips of his fingers with a knife so that a little blood seeped into the eggs, and quickly put his fingers in his mouth and sucked them.
The magic potion began to heat up, and the extremely high temperature made the lavender begin to smoke, and with a "boom-" sound, a flash of fire broke out, and the lavender was burned to ashes, leaving only a blackened egg in the small basin.
Aitch wondered if he had done something wrong. It was the egg that creaked, and Aitch saw a crack in the egg, and it grew bigger and bigger...... Finally, the eggshell in one place sank, and a small red paw pulled out, grasping the gap, opening a passage for it to come out, which was difficult, and for a newborn, it was a physically demanding thing. It asks Aitch for help, but Aitch doesn't help because of its predicament, which is like a butterfly breaking out of its cocoon to give it a better future.
Half an hour after it managed to get out, it was already tired, struggling to crawl out of the eggshell and lick its overworked and bleeding paws. Aitch waited for it to finish licking before picking it up and taking it to the bath, because it was just born, and its pink skin was full of flesh-colored health. Because I was too tired, I closed the eyes of the black gem that was rolling around.
Ms. Gray and Locke had already been let in, "How's it going?" ”
"Well, Erwin is good, the next thing is to get some rest." Erwin is the name of the Fragrant Fox, and there was a general of the same name in World War II, nicknamed the Desert Fox.