I forgot how short this one was. I'll give you another to make up for it. If anyone has any ideas on making life miserable for Umbridge and/or any schemes to get her out of Hogwarts, please do tell! I realized this week that the girls aren't making enough effort to get rid of her.
Ants
July 8th, 1995
Summer before Seventh Year
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Jo lay wide awake in her bed, reading by candlelight. She liked to read by candlelight, it kept her mom from coming in at all odd hours and demanding she turn her lights out, plus it was fun. For the third time in a page she brushed an ant away. She was too absorbed to care before, but now she was getting annoyed. Where were all these ants coming from? Jo looked up, marking her page with a handy scrap of paper, and turned on her ceiling light. From her bed she looked around, an ant here, an ant there, lots of ants there. Jo stood and walked over to her window, Aha! A crack!
Once again Jo looked around, she glanced past her clock reading 2 am, stopped on some painters tape and considered taping over the crack, but then she saw the candle on her nightstand. Perfect! Hot candle wax spread over the crack would work beautifully. She went to the table, picked up the candle and brought it to the window. She dipped her finger into the molten wax and sealed the crack. Then, for good measure, she dripped some of the wax onto the glass, using her fingers to guide and spread it. Voila! No more ants coming in through here!
She grinned to herself and said, "Jo: 1, Ants: nil."