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"Miss Cambridge," he greeted the girl with a smile. The Unspeakable had already memorized her name, for she had a running mouth and a lot of questions and he respected that. "Chocolate Frogs have charms set on them to continue hopping and moving for a certain amount of time after they are opened. I suppose if you placed one in here without it's packaging, it would turn to a hunk of chocolate and stop moving." He rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Of course, you must consider other facts. My granddaughter has convinced herself that eating Chocolate Frogs is inhumane and keeps one as a pet."
Yes, Alice was an oddity.
"She feeds it little bits of chocolate and that seems to rejuvenate the little thing and keep it's hop running. So, in this case, it is possible the effects could vary." Why was it that so many of these children had confusing questions that Sherman could not answer? He didn't know.
No. Way.
"That's what makes them hop?!" Le GASP! She'd never thought of it that way. Then again, she'd never questioned anything about them. All that mattered was that they were yummy.
She was about to comment on them simply not hopping when he mentioned something about his granddaughter and chocolate frogs and pets.
Blink. Blink. Blink.
"Seriously...?" But they liiiiiike gettin' eatin'. It's like every chocolate frog's dream.
"Hasn't anyone tried taking a bite out of it yet?" She knew for a fact that if she saw a chocolate frog just sitting around--or even more tempting, hopping around she would have gone for the head without hesitation.
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He clapped his hands again, beaming at everyone brightly and wheeling around the room. "All right, children, shall we move on?" Yes, they would. Sherman didn't like to dwell on things for too long. The old man had the attention span of a moth. "Now that you have all seen the effects of the Bell jar at work, what can yo—"
As the old man had been wheeling around the room, one of the wheels of his chair caught on the edge of the Bell Jar. The old man toppled forward, headfirst, into the Bell Jar.
This was not good.
Mr. Sherman Clark was narcoleptic, you see, and as he was filled with fright at the thought of toppling into the jar, he had fallen fast asleep. Because of this, he didn't attempt to pull his head out of the jar. It began to morph and shrivel up more than usual. The disturbing process continued as the old man's head morphed into that of an infant's, turning smooth and balder. It proceeded to change even more, shifting into that of a young boy's, then a man's, and lastly, back into that of an old man.
By this point, the Unspeakable had woken up (when his narcolepsy went into action, it didn't affect him for too long) and had the good sense to pull he head out of the jar. He sat, wide-eyed, on the ground of the room, surprised by the recent events that had taken place.
Unexpected, no?
"Well.. children.." he murmured, remembering that he was still supposed to be teaching. "Err.. um.. there is.. another example for you.." The old man began to rise, steadying himself on the arm of his wheelchair for support. "What.. did you think? Any questions?" He pushed himself into the seat of the wheelchair and shifted a teensy bit farther away from it.
It wouldn't be receiving any affectionate gazes from Sherman Clark for a while.
Now that the subject had been breached, Lex was feeling for a chocolate frog. When she got back to her common room she'd have to pull one from her trunk.
How many would she even have...? One--no two...two for sure...three...?--
WHAAAA??? Mr. Adorable Old Man!!!! Nooooooo!!!!
Someone had to help him! His head didn't have much time left!! Her eyes went wide when his cycle started again and his head was that of a babies...Blink. Blink. A kid..then a man...That jar had to be the
coolest creepiest thing ever! O__O
She breathed a sigh of relief when it went back to normal and he pulled it out.
What did she think??
Her hand shot up.
"I wanna stick mine in next!!!" What? He lived, didn't he?
"Can I? Pleeeeaaassse?"