August 4

Dear Harry,

Burned down outhouse? I can only wonder what it is that you are doing wherever you are.

Dad found a guy with some potion that he is going to spray all over the yard to get rid of that horrible fungus, but the guy said that we have to steer clear of the sprayed areas for at least a day. While that he was spraying that potion, he found a treehouse near a small stream near the back of our property. He was talking to Mum about it, and then she said, "We don't have a treehouse," which is right, but he assured Mum that it certainly was there. Since we had to stay out of the garden, Mum decided we should finally start on cleaning out the basement and leave the mysterious treehouse for tomorrow.

We found so much cool stuff down there! There was this pool table that shot pool balls at anyone who got close to it. Ron almost got brained by the eight ball! Of course Hermione had the right spell to take care of that. There was also this parasol that kept flapping around and singing what souded like songs from a Muggle musical. It was completely harmless, but Hermione just had to shut it down anyway. We didn't even get through a small portion of the basement in the full five hours that we were cleaning it out—or should I say trying to clean it out. Mum kept saying "Don't throw that away," or "Keep this, you never know when you might need a floating desklamp." Overall, this afternoon just ended up being exasperating.

If you job is still on schedule (I hope it is) our time away is already half-over! I can't wait to see you again!

Love,

Ginny

August 4

Dear Ginny,

That's so horrible that all of those plants have died! I know how your Mum takes so much pride in her garden; I would have hated to see her wrath when she found out that most of her precious plants had been killed by some magical fungus.

I'm happy that you like reading to Teddy, but I'm actually quite surprised that Hermione even let you borrow her copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard. She hardly allows Ron and me look at it, let alone actually read it. She's says that "the binding is fragile." I've never seen Hermione been so protective over any inanimate object; you've got to tell me how to pry it away from her! I mean, not that I want to read "The Tale of the Three Brothers" that often, but it can't hurt to skim through them once in a while.

We found this old Muggle treasure chest while we were working a earlier this morning. It was full of old gold and jewels. We decided to hand it over to the Ministry, who could then hand it over to the proper Muggle authorities. There was a rather lengthy discussion about whether we should keep it or turn it over, but doing what was morally right won out over greed in the end.

With your Harpy tryouts coming up soon, I hope you're still practicing! Not that you need it, I know you could throw a quaffle past anyone with your eyes closed and still make the shot, but I know that you tend to slack on practices when games or tryouts draw near. Just trying to help out from afar.

I miss you and love you! I can't wait to see you again!

Love,

Harry