Hippogriff Lesson (PoA, Chap. 6)
To the tune of Something's Coming
It is the first Care of Magical Creatures lesson. HAGRID, GRYFFINDORS, and SLYTHERINS are standing outside HAGRID's hut.
HAGRID:
Hello,
welcome
Today I'm gonna teach you
All about hippogriffs
It'll
be fun
They may get dangerous when they're mad
But if they're
calm, then they are fine
Now, class
First you must open your
books--
DRACO:
But
that's impossible
They try to bite
HAGRID:
That's
nothing; all you gotta do
Is stroke the books. Then they'll be
tame
DRACO (to
SLYTHERINS):
This is dumb, this is bad
This class is really
sad
Dangerous, too
My father will not like this
When I tell
him what this oaf makes us do
HAGRID:
Don't
insult hippogriffs
They are quite sensitive
They will
attack
When you meet one, take a bow
And then wait for a while
till it bows back
Its bow will count
As a safe sign to
mount
And then you'll have a
Great flight
Who wants to
volunteer?
HARRY steps forward.
Harry, come on,
over here
And take a bow
Beaky's bowing back to you,
So you
know he likes you
Get on him now
HARRY gets on Buckbeak, flies around on him, and then gets back down.
That was great,
Harry
Who'll try it next? Don't tarry
Go on
DRACO (standing
next to Buckbeak):
If Potter can do this, then
I most
certainly can
You don't scare me,
Big ugly brute
Buckbeak strikes DRACO, who lets out a bloodcurdling shriek