Disclaimer: sigh, I type this at the top of everything I write; it's really getting quite depressing now…No, guess what, I do not own the books by J K Rowling… funny, that, isn't it? I mean, seeing as it has her name on the front cover…

Even Hats Have Bad Days

The founders got together,

To play a game of pool.

Instead they thought they'd have some fun,

And start a magical school.

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Old Slytherin, he'd lost the game,

So was in a right foul mood.

He took the task of the dungeons,

That guy was one mean dude.

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Nails, hooks, shackles and chains,

Into the wall they went;

Ready to tackle anyone

Who thought that the rules could be bent.

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Hufflepuff, she came in third,

And accepted it with good grace.

She fashioned the corridors with tapestries,

To suit anyone with good taste.

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Portraits galore went upon those walls,

Which were previously bare and grey.

Forevermore the school would look to

Their surroundings to brighten their day.

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Ravenclaw, in second place,

Created the whole west wing.

No messing about or fooling around,

This was the real thing.

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Her dream of years had just come true,

And she had put those nights to good use.

Classrooms in abundance she dotted around,

No missing student would have an excuse.

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Gryffindor was the man of the day,

But only as he started first.

You know, however, what the old rhymes say?

It begins with "first the worst".

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No, really he did the ceiling –

That one you're all staring at now.

I think you've all at some point

Looked up and thought "wow".

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So there we are, my song is done,

All I have now to do is sort you,

So take your eyes of that entrancing view

And turn your thoughts to me

Cruel, pretty, strict or lucky –

In which house would you like to be?

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We all have bad days…

Love,

x Imperial Princess x