Rags

[alt_terry]

a bit of snow on the ground this morning. boot must start looking for rags for his feet.

was lucky last year. found some wool scraps. wool is better then cotton or linen, because it can keep feet warmer even if it gets wet. and boots feet get wet a lot. when boot took them off in the spring and left them in a corner of his cupboard, they disappeared a few weeks later. maybe master threw them out, dunno. (don't think house elves would ever bother with a mudbloods cupboard). master doesn't like boot to keep anything of his own. mudbloods shouldn't have things to keep. even rags.

rags are hard to find, though. house elves don't often keep ragged stuff around. boot often has to look sharp for several days before he can find anything to use.

Comments

[alt_neville]

Um, I don't want to offend you or anything, but I happen to have an old scarf in my trunk. Maybe you could use it? It's wool, I think. My sister Evelyn just knit me a new one and sent it to me by owl post, and I have my Gryffindor scarf, too, so I don't have any use for it, really.

I'd offer an old pair of shoes of mine, but my feet are pretty big (Evelyn always said they're big as boats), and I expect they'd fall off your feet.

[alt_terry]

oh

boot did not think--boot did not expect--

boot didn't say what he did because he was asking anybody for anything. wasnt even thinking of that at all. boot was just talking about small things, you know.

but if mr longbottom does not need his scarf any more, boot isnt offended at all but would be very grateful to have it.

thank you. mr longbottom is very kind.

[alt_neville]

It's no trouble at all, honest. I don't need it anymore and I'm just as glad it will do somebody else some good.

I'll bring it to my next Transfiguration class, and leave it on my desk afterwards.

[alt_terry]

also, mr longbottom is good to think of the shoes, but boot could never accept them. master would not like it.

[alt_pansy]

I have an old jumper that you might use. It's too big for me, so I never wear it, and it's wonderfully warm.

[alt_terry]

boot will see if mr longbottom's scarf is enough first, then if not, maybe. thanks.

[alt_terry]

boot has been thinking about this, and has decided that he shouldnt accept it.

please dont think boot is ungrateful, but its best that boot not take it. for now. but thank you.

[alt_amycus]

Certainly you may accept these things. If you feel you deserve them, then take them.

[alt_terry]

its a cast-off, mr longbottom says. not wanted at all. mudbloods deserve no better, boot knows

since master grants permission, boot will take the useless thing nobody wants

[alt_amycus]

As you will.

Guess you're set for winter, then.

[alt_terry]

sir? boots trousers are splitting across the seat. boot has darned them several times already, but they keep splitting. don't really fit him anymore because boot has grown a little. not right for hogwarts for boot to be seen this way, maybe, not seemly?

is there anywhere boot could get some larger trousers? boot wouldnt want to shame his master. could . . . could master get him some?

[alt_amycus]

Well, look at the tidbit. Standing up for itself. Developing a sense of self, are we?

[alt_terry]

boot is a mudblood, master. nothing more. boot always knows that.

rags are good enough for boot. but bigger rags would help boot stay decent. as decent as a mudblood can be

[alt_amycus]

Don't you worry. We'll get you fixed up. And, as per my most recent post, we're having a little soiree in your honour tomorrow night! That should give you something to look forward to all day, hm?

[alt_hermione]

Oh Terry I would give you some of what I have but it would only get you hurt into trouble. I know that. I hope that everything is okay.

[alt_terry]

boot doesnt want to take anything away from Hermione, anyway. Hermione should keep what she has, not waste it on boot.

(boot had hoped that writing just about small things would keep boot out of trouble.

doesn't seem to be working out the way boot hoped.

maybe boot should write only about tiny things . . . and about anything but himself. keep boot out of it entirely. mudbloods are best if they sort of disappear and nobody notices them.)

[alt_terry]

anyway, do not worry about boot. boot will be fine.