Class was beginning and Janelle was almost bursting with excitement. They were going to get to play with crups today! This was going to be sooooo cool. Go over and get your crups. Janelle didn't have to be told twice. She was up on it in a flash. Quickly and not very calmly, she joined the line of students waiting to get their pets for the day.

Fifth years were supposed to be cool, yeah? Well Janelle was about to lose all of her fifth year cool points because she found it hard to contain herself. She wanted a cruppie. Gimme, gimme. At last, her wait was over. She reached the front of the line. Arms out, she carefully accepted the crup that the professor handed to her. "Thank you professor", Janelle said, as she gently began to stroke the crup's fur. She found a good spot near a tub station and sat down with her special parcel.

Placing her new friend next to her on the grass, Janelle continued to pet him. "Hi little buddy, I'm Janelle and we're going to be really good friends." Noticing the collar around his neck, she took a peek at his tag. "What's your name, huh? Mikey. Well hello there Mikey." Janelle was just thinking how how cute Mikey was when she got a lick on her hand. "Awwwww, I like you too." Her crup was just a ball of energy. He was in constant motion whenever Janelle stopped petting him. If she wanted to keep him still, she'd have to keep up the physical contact. She placed Mikey in her lap and made him comfortable. Just then they got the next set of instructions from Professor Draper.

Janelle looked into the wash tub and noticed all of the supplies inside. First task, brushing the crups. Hopefully they would have time to play later, but for now, she had a job to do. Janelle thought it best to prepare her crup for what was coming. She grabbed the brush from the tub and showed it to Mikey. "I'm going to brush you now. Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you. I just need to get all of the knots and loose hairs out and you'll be nice and pretty." Before using the brush, Janelle used her hand to mimic the act of brushing. She was going to ease her way into the whole process. Mikey didn't seem to mind so far, so Janelle figured it was time to introduce the brush.

While speaking softly to her crup, Janelle began to brush him........very gently. Mikey was being very cooperative and Janelle was pleased. "You are such a good boy. I'm so lucky I got you for a partner today." Janelle patted him on his head and kept brushing. Clearly crups did a lot of shedding because there was quite a bit of hair in the brush already. Then Professor Draper mentioned OWL's. Ughhh. Did he have to go there? "Well Mikey", Janelle said. "I guess you're going to help me pass my OWL's.". At least this was a fun way to get some learning in.