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alt_ronErrol's bringing thank you notes from all of us to the Strettons--including from Mum, who says she wants Mrs Stretton to know that she knows what it is to have so many of us all at once.
Anywiz, yesterday was dead snitch. For real. I mean, how often does a match end with the snitch flying up the Seeker's robes and knocking him off his broom? Haha! Lee, that was the funniest thing ever!!! And a good thing it was so low when you saw it!!
See, Nev? You're not the only one that sort of thing happens to! It was really great, though. You'd have loved all the food. The Strettons just let us tell their servants what we wanted, and then Jeremy had them bring it all out so we could have a picnic outside under the trees. They have a bunch of servants to do everything for them. Well, I guess they've got loads of work to do there, running their farms and factories and all.
Anywiz, we played two matches in the morning--'cause the first one ended really fast when Lee caught the snitch by pretty much dropping out of the air right on top of it and then falling off his broom when it got caught in his robes and started pounding him. And after lunch we switched the sides around and made it a rule that you could only have one beater, 'cause Stretton's side in the morning decided to have two beaters and two chasers (y'know, instead of one and three), but that made it a bit too much like a real match and it didn't seem really fair with people playing who aren't used to flying all the time.
Oh, and the twins and Lee and Stretton all had ideas for other spells we could try on the old brooms, since the ones we put on my Silver Arrow last time are working a treat. And we got Fred's broom so it can go way high, and Stretton's Nimbus 1000 was really shooting about after we got done with it. Wood got kind of cheesed off at us for spending time charming the brooms at the start, 'cause he wanted to just play. (So it's pretty rich he's the one who held things up after lunch when he was off talking to Stretton so long. Didn't you think, Sally Anne?) But it was wizard he was there. Wood, I mean. Ginny was really chuffed when he said she's a natural Seeker. That was pretty nice of him.
So, yeah. It was really great.
Oh, and when we got home, Mum had got an owl from Professor Sinistra with all the stuff about what to pack for the YPL trip, and forms she has to fill out giving permission for stuff. So today I'm having to decide what I want to take so she can wash everything and mend stuff, and she's fussing about the fact that I've grown a couple inches since school ended and now the sleeves are short on my school robes, and I guess we have to have a set of school robes for the trip for something. Mum said at least they didn't say we have to have dress robes with us.
Anywiz, yesterday was dead snitch. For real. I mean, how often does a match end with the snitch flying up the Seeker's robes and knocking him off his broom? Haha! Lee, that was the funniest thing ever!!! And a good thing it was so low when you saw it!!
See, Nev? You're not the only one that sort of thing happens to! It was really great, though. You'd have loved all the food. The Strettons just let us tell their servants what we wanted, and then Jeremy had them bring it all out so we could have a picnic outside under the trees. They have a bunch of servants to do everything for them. Well, I guess they've got loads of work to do there, running their farms and factories and all.
Anywiz, we played two matches in the morning--'cause the first one ended really fast when Lee caught the snitch by pretty much dropping out of the air right on top of it and then falling off his broom when it got caught in his robes and started pounding him. And after lunch we switched the sides around and made it a rule that you could only have one beater, 'cause Stretton's side in the morning decided to have two beaters and two chasers (y'know, instead of one and three), but that made it a bit too much like a real match and it didn't seem really fair with people playing who aren't used to flying all the time.
Oh, and the twins and Lee and Stretton all had ideas for other spells we could try on the old brooms, since the ones we put on my Silver Arrow last time are working a treat. And we got Fred's broom so it can go way high, and Stretton's Nimbus 1000 was really shooting about after we got done with it. Wood got kind of cheesed off at us for spending time charming the brooms at the start, 'cause he wanted to just play. (So it's pretty rich he's the one who held things up after lunch when he was off talking to Stretton so long. Didn't you think, Sally Anne?) But it was wizard he was there. Wood, I mean. Ginny was really chuffed when he said she's a natural Seeker. That was pretty nice of him.
So, yeah. It was really great.
Oh, and when we got home, Mum had got an owl from Professor Sinistra with all the stuff about what to pack for the YPL trip, and forms she has to fill out giving permission for stuff. So today I'm having to decide what I want to take so she can wash everything and mend stuff, and she's fussing about the fact that I've grown a couple inches since school ended and now the sleeves are short on my school robes, and I guess we have to have a set of school robes for the trip for something. Mum said at least they didn't say we have to have dress robes with us.
