MANDRAKE TROUBLE
It was another beautiful day outside and Harry had just awoken from his bed. He stared up at the ceiling wondering what this day was going to be like. He turned his head toward his bedside table and realized what time it was. He had to get downstairs to water the garden. He hopped out of bed and threw off his pajamas and threw on some new fresh clothing. He made his way downstairs and out the door and then eventually into the shed to get some gardening materials.
He looked around the shed puzzled while scratching his head because the tools were nowhere in site. He looked under and in empty boxes as well as on the wall, but still there were no tools in site. Harry walked outside of the shed and went over to the garden. Luckily, on the bench in the garden were the tools. They were a little rusty though since they had been outside in the rain the night before. Harry went on his knees next to the bench and looked at all of the different flowers that he could plant.
Harry hurried inside and got out a piece of paper and a ballpoint pen and then went outside again. He stood in front of the gardening space a drew a plot to how he put the flowers. He decided that he would take a large rock and place it in the back of the garden and then take some perennials and then put those in front of the rock. "Ahh, what a wonderful idea," Harry said aloud to himself. "If I put those there and those here then it will be perfect," said Harry again to himself. "Harry, Harry, where are you? Oh here you are Harry," said Dudley. "What do you want Dudley," Harry asked with an annoyed expression on his face. "Oh, I just came to see what you were up to?" "Really, now why would you do that?" "You know to make sure that you aren't using any magic on mum's garden. I mean she doesn't want anything to be grown by magic you know," said Dudley. "Yeah, yeah, I already know Dudley. Besides I love to garden and would never use magic on the garden," said Harry. "Whatever floats your boat," said Dudley.
Dudley went back into the house and Harry went over to the bench again after plotting out what he would do for the garden. Harry went into the shed where he had kept the rock and brought it outside. He placed the rock in the back of the garden and then went back over to the bench to take a look at the perennials. "These are just so beautiful," Harry said to himself. The perennials were all sorts of colors including purple, blue, yellow, and so on. Harry dug a tiny hole in the garden and placed one of the blue perennials there. He kept doing this until the area where he wanted the flowers to be was finished. Harry then went back into the shed to see if there was anything in there to help him do some more gardening. "Oh, cool here's a nice large one," said Harry. "A nice large what," asked Dudley. "Oh, Dudley you scared me," replied Harry. "Whatever," said Dudley. "It's a large flower," said Harry. "Well can I plant it. Mum said I could plant a couple If I wanted," said Dudley. "Sure," Harry replied back.
Harry and Dudley made there way toward the Garden. Harry got down on his knees with Dudley. "Dudley, I'll be right back I just have to go check something. What I want you to do is take dig a hole large enough that you think that the plant will fit in and then take the plant out and…." "Yeah, yeah, I know," said Dudley. Harry went back to the shed and went in. Meanwhile Dudley dug the hole. He made it pretty large, but it looked perfect for the flower. Dudley then pulled the plant out and…. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh…" It was a Mandrake. Dudley quickly fainted and was lying on the floor. Harry started hearing the scream of the Mandrake, but not enough to faint. He found some earmuffs in the cupboard of the shed and placed them on. He then ran out and went over to Dudley. "Dudley, Dudley, you ok," asked Harry. There was no answer. Harry took the mandrake and placed it on the bench. He then rushed into the kitchen and got a knife so that he could cut it up. He ran outside with the knife and cut the mandrake so that no sound was to be heard of it. He then got a garbage bag and threw it in.
"Oh no, what am I going to do about Dudley," Harry said to himself. "This guy is too fat to hold up, um," Harry had an idea. He went into the shed and fetched a wheelbarrow. He picked up Dudley best he could and placed him in. He wheeled Dudley into the house and then eventually up the stairs, which took a couple of tries. He then went into Dudley's room and gently placed him in his bed. "Ahh, good grief now I don't have to deal with that hunk'o chunk," said Harry. Harry walked into the hallway outside of Dudley's room. "Where did that Mandrake come from any way's," said Harry.