Lawson rolled his eyes at Destiny, “That is an illusion that muggle magicians do Destiny. They don’t really cut people in half and so no, we won’t be cutting people in half. Just the wood thank you.” He looked down at her piece of wood and then back to the third year, “Which you haven’t completed yet.”
Oh boy!
It was turning out to be one of those days. Lawson continued to smile at the Hufflepuff, “Well that’s all well and good Simon but today we are using a hand saw okay. Humour me alright?”
He took a deep breath and began to count in his head.
One.
Stepping up beside Evelyn, Lawson scratched the back of his head as he looked down at the saw that the Slytherin was holding and then back to her face.
“Tell me Evelyn what is wrong with this picture?” he asked pointing at her saw.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
“Fine. Fine. Move away from her then.” Lawson could start to feel his patience running out as he looked around the room as to where he could put the girl.
He turned back to Marie and there was a hint of a smirk on his face. “There is vacant table next to Miranda. Why don’t you go and sit over there.”
HA!
If she thought sitting next to Destiny was bad wait until she sits beside “The Destroyer.’
"But what, Miranda?”
He raised an eyebrow at her, just daring the girl to whine to him about the loss of points. Didn’t she realise that she could have injured herself or someone else in the class with her craziness.
And here he had thought this class was a good idea.
Six.
Seven.
Eight.
Lawson closed his eyes briefly and then opened them as he walked over to Sarah’s worktable. “Put your weight onto the mitre box to hold it down and then pull the saw up, handle first so that it comes up on an angle.”
Oh bloody hell!!
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO” he yelled across the room and then quickly hurried over to the Hufflepuff’s table. “That’s not right. Put the saw down.”
Nine.
Ten.
Nope the counting did not work at all and the man gripped his hair with his hands and decided to chuck a spaz.
“For the love of Merlin, what is wrong with everyone today?”
He held up a hand before anyone of them could speak, quite frankly he did not want to know.
“Most of you are driving me INSANE.” He looked to Miranda first, “One of you wants to see if a hammer works just as well as a beaters bat.” He then turned to look at Destiny, “And another who wants to see if she can cut her friend in half.” Lawson then turned to look at Jake, “Someone who seems to think he is King Arthur and looks as though he is about to slay some dragon.” His eyes then moved to Marie, “And let’s not forget the person who just can’t seem to sit in one place for longer than five minutes.”
He took another deep breath and counted to ten once again. It wasn’t helping at all but he could pretend.
"Now listen to me all of you. These tools we are using can be dangerous if not used correctly and can cause some serious injuries." He glanced at Miranda as she said this. "I am going to demonstrate this one more time and I want you all to pay ATTENTION."
Moving behind his desk once again he picked up the mitre box. "Okay firstly place the mitre box onto your table then place your piece of wood inside the mitre box. Using your non dominant hand place it on the wood and apply pressure to keep the wood in place. Once you have done that, take your saw and slip it into one of the grooves. The teeth of the blade is what cuts the wood so that side should be on the bottom." He looked at Evelyn as he said this. "Like
this.
"Now use a push/pull action while applying downward pressure to cut into your wood. Do you think you can all handle that?"