"So are sharks," she said pointedly, nodding her head. Sharks were actually bigger than herself. And she felt pretty confident that she would punch one if it ever came near enough.

Ellie listened to the directions. An oval, huh? Elongated oval... like a cucumber? That was an elongated oval. She quickly freed her wand from it's holstery trappings before the thought escaped her, and traced an oval in the air. Like a cucumber.

Now the incantation, THAT was the hard part. Cucurbita Intaglio. Cue-CUR-bit-a In-TAL-yo. She mouthed the words. Cue, like cucumber. Cur, like curry. Bit, like 'it bit me'. A, like...a. Ha. Why were spells soooo darn funny! Couldn't they ever be like NORMAL words? Like 'cucumber that says Ellie'. And POOF. There was a cucumber that said 'Ellie'. And would that even matter? Ellie versus Eliana? Because she wouldn't like the feeling of being reprimanded by a cucumber by it calling her 'Eliana'. Only her mom called her that. And only when she was in trouble. Which, yeah, happened a lot. But that's not the POINT.

So, the hand goes up, "Would nicknames suffice?" Ha. She said 'suffice'. That was a word that would make her sound smart. People never used the word 'suffice' in real life.