10. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
"You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."
POV: Fred Weasley
"Done!" chorused seven voices, all stemming from me and my siblings. Looking at each plate, I grinned when I saw that each plate still had spinach on it.
"None of you are done! You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone." Sometimes I wonder what goes through Mum's mind. She really expects us to eat that nasty stuff?
Bill, being seventeen, vanished small portions whenever Mum and Dad weren't looking, not all at once to keep from being suspicious. Fifteen year old Charlie must have sent him a pleading look, because his spinach vanished as well. Eleven year old Percy dutifully ate his, being the 'good boy'. Nine year old me and George took turns slipping ours onto an oblivious seven year old Ron's plate. Ron whined about how he didn't want to eat it. Six year old Ginny managed to worm her way out of eating, being the family princess.
Finally, when it had gotten to the point that a now-sulky-and-silent Ron had been sitting at the table for an hour while the rest of us played games, Bill took pity on him and started vanishing the overloaded plate of spinach.
Mum assumed this meant he liked it so the next time we had spinach, Ron got the largest serving.
Hello. I realize that these chapters may seem like I'm bashing Ron, but I'm not. I'm just trying to keep the siblings in character, and I feel as if he gets the brunt of all the teasing, pranks, etc. So, I apologize to any Ron fans that I offended.
~Jessica