Carefully and silently, Beezus stepped out of her bedroom and scuttled downstairs into the Kitchen. She was hungry because she didn’t touch anything on her dinner plate that night for it contained food that she wasn’t even certain edible. It made her wonder how her Grandmother found it sumptuous.

She laid the bread and peanut butter on the table just as a shabby-looking creature emerged from the back door. It was Nadir, the house elf. With its large eyeballs, it ogled at her. Beezus returned the gaping and continued staring as it went upstairs.

Eeeeekkk…that house elf sure was creepy.