A day of learning magic at Hogwarts

Ian's eyes moved to Ernie McMillan again.

Compared with himself and Justin, two wizards from the Muggle world, Ernie obviously needs to know more about things in the wizarding world.

"Ernie?" Ian asked softly, "Gryffindor, Ravenclaw...are there any differences between these houses?"

"Difference?" Ernie was stunned.

"It's what they teach, and stuff like that!" Ian explained simply: "For example, Gryffindor students mainly study "Transfiguration", while Ravenclaw students mainly study "Charms" , and the like..."

Ian began to describe according to his own understanding of the academy.

"No, no, no," Ernie shook his head repeatedly, "There is no difference in this regard! The courses in each college are exactly the same."

"Is that so?" Ian was immediately confused: "Then why are they divided into four colleges?"

Ernie looked embarrassed: "I don't know this either..."

"But my father told me before he came that every new student must go through a 'sorting ceremony' before entering Hogwarts!"

"The 'sorting ceremony' will sort you into four different houses based on your character."

"For example, Gryffindor only accepts brave little wizards."

"Slytherin only needs ambitious freshmen to join."

"Ravenclaw, only look after those talented children."

"And Hufflepuff likes those students who are hardworking and tenacious; at the same time, she will also allow those students who have been selected by other houses to enter her house and treat them equally."

There was a brief silence in the box.

Justin Finch-Fletchley was the first to break the tranquility: "I will definitely be sorted into Hufflepuff!"

His words were obviously full of frustration.

"Actually, Hufflepuff is not bad!" Ernie comforted: "My uncle Kenny graduated from Hufflepuff. He is definitely the best wizard I have ever seen... But my parents and the MacMillan family All of my ancestors were from Ravenclaw House; so they all firmly believe that I will be sorted into Ravenclaw!"

"Distribute according to character?" Ian whispered to himself.

He was a little curious about how to distinguish the characters of different students.

Even if there is magical magic, this can be achieved...

But is this too hasty?

The new students at Hogwarts are all around eleven or twelve years old.Children of this age are not mentally mature at all. Can they really be characterized in such a simple way?

This made Ian sit there and gradually fell into deep thought.

……

Suddenly, a strange scream suddenly startled the three children in the room.

Something ghost suddenly got in through the crack in the door of the box, and then started running around here.

Ernie and Justin seemed frightened and stood on their seats for fear of being "bitten" by the ghost.

And Ian, who has sharp eyes, can see its "true face" at a glance.

I saw Ian take out a tissue from his pocket, and then pounced in the direction of the thing.

There was another strange scream, and Ian grabbed the thing with a tissue.

"It's just a frog!" He said very easily, "Don't be afraid, I have subdued it!"

What he wrapped in a tissue was a small, frog-like animal about half the size of a palm.

God knows why such a creature was seen on the Hogwarts Express.

But Ian glanced at the endless fields outside the window and guessed that it might be a field frog that jumped on the train at some point.

"I'll just put it back into nature!" Ian said, reaching out to open the train window.

"Wait a minute!" Just when Ian had opened the window a crack, Ernie suddenly shouted.

"Huh?" Ian's movements suddenly stopped.

"It's probably not a frog," Ernie analyzed. "It's a toad!"

"Toad?" Ian frowned and fell into brief thought.

He really couldn't tell the difference between toads and frogs, so it was possible; but was there any difference whether this thing was a frog or a toad?

"Whose child's pet could it be?" Ernie continued, "Don't throw it away!"

"Pet?" Ian was a little dumbfounded.

What kind of weird habit would lead to using something like this as a pet?

"I remembered it too," Justin stood up quickly, "I still remember the letter from Hogwarts said that new students are allowed to bring an owl, a cat or a toad as a pet. .”

In this way, Ian also had a little more impression in his mind.

It seems that there is indeed such a saying, but I don't like pets very much, so I didn't consider it (the shabby little hotel where Ian lived at that time did not support him to keep another pet).

However, at this moment, the door of the box was suddenly opened.

There was no knock on the door, no warning.

She was a little girl about their age, with thick brown hair and a pair of big front teeth.

She had already put on new Hogwarts robes.

"Did any of you see a toad?" Her voice sounded arrogant and arrogant. "Neville lost one..."

But her voice soon stopped abruptly.

Because her eyes moved to the tissue in Ian's hand.

"Oh, thank God!" The little girl rushed up to Ian, and then snatched the toad from his hand and a layer of tissue outside. "Finally, I found you. , Leif. Neville has been looking for you for a long time!"

Then, she looked Ian up and down with vigilant eyes: "Looking at your actions, are you going to throw it off the lathe?"

"No," Ian quickly shook his head and denied, "I'm not, I didn't!"

"You'd better not!" the little girl said aggressively, "If you really lose Neville's pet, the teacher will definitely make trouble for you when you get to Hogwarts."

"By the way, you'd better put on your clothes, you know, we're probably going to arrive soon."

After that, the little girl holding the toad turned and left.

The three children in the room looked at each other somewhat.

"She's so rude!" Justin whispered.

"The tone of her voice makes people breathless!" Ernie also added.

"Forget it!" Ian didn't care, "Get ready to change clothes, we're almost there."