I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good
Jul. 25th, 2010 07:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_ronWell. That was odd.
Maybe I'm really still asleep? I mean, Dad's odd all the time, but he doesn't usually sound quite so mental.
So I came down earlier than usual. Um, yeah. Loads earlier. Cause I woke up thinking about all this stuff about the lock and, y'know, everybody being hacked off at everybody else. And Pansy, y'know. And Hermione and these other people she talks to. And it's just all not on.
But anywiz, I couldn't sleep, so I got up to see what there is to eat, and Dad's in the kitchen by himself, and when he sees me he gets this funny look on his face and he takes me outside behind the chicken house, and I thought maybe I'd left it unlatched and fox'd got in and I was in trouble.
But he just wants to tell me something. He says, 'I'm going to tell you something that I know perfectly well will sound rather mad, but it's important. Extremely important. I want you to pay attention and absolutely obey me on this. Will you do that?'
And, y'know, I still figured I was in trouble, so I guess it took me a while to answer him.
He says, 'Ron, I need you to tell me you'll do what I'm asking. Will you?' So I said sure. I mean, what am I going to say? 'No, I don't think I do want to hear whatever mad thing you're thinking of telling me. Thanks, but no thanks!'?
So then he says, 'The day may come when you may get instructions from either a weasel, a squirrel, a hawk, a cat or a Newfoundland dog. I want you to promise me that you'll do whatever the message says if it comes from one of these. Promise me.'
So, yeah, I promised. But, I mean, really. He's fallen off his broom, hasn't he? And he made me tell him the animals--weasel, squirrel, hawk, cat, ordoNewfoundland dog--a bunch of times.
And then he just turns around and goes back in the kitchen to eat his porridge. And when Mum and Percy came in, he didn't say anything about what he'd said to me.
Mad, innit?
Maybe I'm really still asleep? I mean, Dad's odd all the time, but he doesn't usually sound quite so mental.
So I came down earlier than usual. Um, yeah. Loads earlier. Cause I woke up thinking about all this stuff about the lock and, y'know, everybody being hacked off at everybody else. And Pansy, y'know. And Hermione and these other people she talks to. And it's just all not on.
But anywiz, I couldn't sleep, so I got up to see what there is to eat, and Dad's in the kitchen by himself, and when he sees me he gets this funny look on his face and he takes me outside behind the chicken house, and I thought maybe I'd left it unlatched and fox'd got in and I was in trouble.
But he just wants to tell me something. He says, 'I'm going to tell you something that I know perfectly well will sound rather mad, but it's important. Extremely important. I want you to pay attention and absolutely obey me on this. Will you do that?'
And, y'know, I still figured I was in trouble, so I guess it took me a while to answer him.
He says, 'Ron, I need you to tell me you'll do what I'm asking. Will you?' So I said sure. I mean, what am I going to say? 'No, I don't think I do want to hear whatever mad thing you're thinking of telling me. Thanks, but no thanks!'?
So then he says, 'The day may come when you may get instructions from either a weasel, a squirrel, a hawk, a cat or a Newfoundland dog. I want you to promise me that you'll do whatever the message says if it comes from one of these. Promise me.'
So, yeah, I promised. But, I mean, really. He's fallen off his broom, hasn't he? And he made me tell him the animals--weasel, squirrel, hawk, cat, or
And then he just turns around and goes back in the kitchen to eat his porridge. And when Mum and Percy came in, he didn't say anything about what he'd said to me.
Mad, innit?
