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Hera 
“Now secondly, part of our activity today will require you to trim a Flutterby Bush... and we will be using a special charm designed especially for the task. Diffindo is good for when your taking cuttings, or you need to sever particularly thick branches, but for smaller, more intricate tasks we use the Trimming charm. Before we get started on the actual bush however I would like you each to practice the incantation and the wand movement... separately at first and then together.”
With another swish of her wand Seren produced a number of severed tree branches on the table.
“The incantation is flipnsnipwitit.... flip-n-snip-wit-it, as for the wand movement all you’re required to do is swish your wand wherever you wish to trim your plant.” Seren demonstrated by swishing her wand back and forth briskly.
“So remember, first practice the incantation... then the wand movement, separately.”
“Then take one and practice trimming back the leaves.”
Hm, Samira had never heard of that incantation before.
Flip-n-snip-wit-it...flip-n-snip-wit-it.... It sounds like: Flip and snip with it. Odd. Samira repeated the incantation in her head a few times:
Flipnsnipwitit, before saying it out loud.
"Flipnsnipwitit," she said clearly and confidently.
"Flipnsnipwitit, flipinsnipwitit...okay." Samira picked up her wand and did a few swishy movements. Easy.
She then turned to her plant.
"Prepare to be trimmed Mr. Plant..." Raising her wand to the plant, she said,
"Flipnsnipwitit!" A small cut appeared on one of the branches, but nothing major. Scowling, she tried again.
"Flipnsnipwitit!" Another small cut, but not the desired effect. Samira was not positively glaring at the blasted plant.
The next few seconds was filled with Samira determinedly muttering,
"Flipnsnipwitit! Flipinsnipwitit!!" Finally, mostly all the leaves-save for one particularly stubborn one-was trimmed back. Smiling in satisfaction, Samira once again reassured herself that she would
never be bested by a
plant.