Tom was just listening to the professor and wasn't speaking, did the animals want to run the obstacle courses, did the Professor ask them? Seriously animals had feeling as well, he looked at the kneazle he had picked earlier and sighed, maybe he should ask the animal himself.

"Do you want to do the course?" Tom whispered to the animal, though of course the animal couldn't speak so he had no idea what to do, would he get in trouble if he didn't get the kneazle to do the course.