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boot wonders. why did Headmistress give him a journal?
boot liked it at first, wanted to write in it with his own enchanted quill. but the things boot thinks about and wants to write, some say are bad to read. they get boot in trouble. or hermione.
that leaves just small things to write about, that no one cares about. told that to hermione and she laughed. 'but the very smallest things can be very important' hermione says. 'like fleas. fleas are important, didn't you say?'
'but writing about fleas got boot into trouble'
'just write about other small things, then,' hermione said, 'you could do that because you already write like a poet.'
that really surprised boot and he asked why she thinks that.
she scrunchs up her nose 'because you notice things. like me. and because your words are so spare.' boot didn't know what she meants by spare, so she showed boot the word in a dictionary. 'spare' words are used with restraint. didn't know that word, so we looked up that one, too.
boot knows all about restraint.
have been thinking about what hermione said. she told boot there is a kind of poem called a hikoo. its three lines, the first line has five silabels, the second has seven silabels, and the third line has five silabels again. took a while to understand what 'silabels' are. hikoo are poems about small things. like blades of grass, or a single flower, or a pebble. so boot says he will try to notice small things and write about them, and hermione said she will find a book about hikoo to show to boot. she says they are easy to write. maybe he can try them himself.
here is a small thing: boot noticed the way the sun fell across the steps leading out of the kitchen. crookshanks found the place where the sun made a puddle and curled up and slept at boot's feet while boot and hermione ate their bread for dinner last night. fur was warm from the sun, even though shadows were cool. boot could feel the purring through his toes.
that is a small thing
wondering:
is boot an important thing, even if small, so that's why the Headmistress gave him a journal?
boot liked it at first, wanted to write in it with his own enchanted quill. but the things boot thinks about and wants to write, some say are bad to read. they get boot in trouble. or hermione.
that leaves just small things to write about, that no one cares about. told that to hermione and she laughed. 'but the very smallest things can be very important' hermione says. 'like fleas. fleas are important, didn't you say?'
'but writing about fleas got boot into trouble'
'just write about other small things, then,' hermione said, 'you could do that because you already write like a poet.'
that really surprised boot and he asked why she thinks that.
she scrunchs up her nose 'because you notice things. like me. and because your words are so spare.' boot didn't know what she meants by spare, so she showed boot the word in a dictionary. 'spare' words are used with restraint. didn't know that word, so we looked up that one, too.
boot knows all about restraint.
have been thinking about what hermione said. she told boot there is a kind of poem called a hikoo. its three lines, the first line has five silabels, the second has seven silabels, and the third line has five silabels again. took a while to understand what 'silabels' are. hikoo are poems about small things. like blades of grass, or a single flower, or a pebble. so boot says he will try to notice small things and write about them, and hermione said she will find a book about hikoo to show to boot. she says they are easy to write. maybe he can try them himself.
here is a small thing: boot noticed the way the sun fell across the steps leading out of the kitchen. crookshanks found the place where the sun made a puddle and curled up and slept at boot's feet while boot and hermione ate their bread for dinner last night. fur was warm from the sun, even though shadows were cool. boot could feel the purring through his toes.
that is a small thing
wondering:
is boot an important thing, even if small, so that's why the Headmistress gave him a journal?
