Chapter 302: Zoo Planning

For the next half hour, Hagrid talked about their plans for the zoo—starting with runes and thestrals, moving on to hippogriffs, to thunderbirds and dragons—and it sounded like They plan to turn the zoo into a Hogwarts flying fortress, which is why they need so many winged magical animals.

"...We also want to create a swamp, which will make many little ones very happy..."

"Hagrid? Hagrid!" Anthony had to raise his voice slightly to suppress the crunching sound of his teeth as he chewed the snacks. "Isn't the zoo going to be built on the open space on the west side of the Forbidden Forest?"

Hagrid said enthusiastically: "Oh, that's right. Do you want to take a look, Henry? We have moved the Chimera there and built the shed and grounds for the rune horses - Kettle Professor Byrne seems to have a few Panglocks left over from class, and they live nearby now. Maybe they can be placed next to the horse farm——"

Anthony reminded: "I am not on the list of people allowed to set foot on that land. I just want to remind you that the open space does not seem too big, especially compared to a zoo with cliffs, swamps, forests and deserts. ”

"Professor Kettleburn will find a way. He always has a way! He originally wanted to borrow some horses from Beauxbatons, but Professor McGonagall refused to agree..."

He talked about it wistfully again, and included more magical animals with many X's in his plan.

Anthony glanced at Hagrid's still blank parchment, shook his head, grabbed the quill next to him, and started writing. Hagrid paused in surprise.

"What's the matter, Henry?"

Anthony made a little noise to indicate that he heard Hagrid's question. He simply listed the magical animals, terrain and some of their habits mentioned by Hagrid on the paper, and then pushed the paper to Hagrid.

"Nothing, just a list of knowledge points." Anthony said, "Perhaps you can write your report based on this. Tell Minerva how many dangerous and extremely dangerous magical animals you plan to introduce next to the castle, and how to avoid Kemai. Fight the dragons or keep them from eating their zoo colleagues - like those juicy Pegasus - and other snacks."

Hagrid said with some confusion: "Other snacks?"

Anthony gestured in the direction of the castle: "Eleven to eighteen years old, running around, full of curiosity, and will never abide by the researcher's manual."

"Oh, this." Hagrid scratched his head, "Just give them enough space to move..." He admitted with some disappointment, "We haven't started building the fire dragon part yet. Professor Kettleburn also He wants the fire dragon, but he said that other professors would definitely not agree...will you, Henry? "

Facing Hagrid's expectant dark eyes, Anthony said hesitantly: "I do have some concerns..."

Hagrid said stubbornly: "That's because you don't know what we can do. If you can see the fence that Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall made for the Chimera beast - oops, you really should go Take a look, Henry, you'll like it!"

Anthony repeated, "I'm not on the permission list to set foot in that clearing."

Helga pulled him to his feet (Anthony was almost lifted up) and insisted: "We can take a look nearby, and I can lend you the telescope you gave me for Christmas."

Anthony was still trying to resist: "You know you fenced it off."

"Well, that's true." Hagrid thought for a while, "Just climb up a tree."

Anthony said: "Climbing is not my strong point -"

"Don't worry, I can lift you up and put you on the tree." Hagrid said nonchalantly.

…

At Hagrid's insistence, they walked out of the hut and walked towards the west side of the Forbidden Forest. Dark clouds were billowing in the sky, and the cold wind made the lantern in Hagrid's hand sway and jingle. Yaya walked in front, sniffing hard with his nose on the ground, and walked in the other direction. Hague tightened the rope, causing it to reluctantly stop and raise its head.

"Probably a rabbit," Hagrid said, tugging hard. "Come back, Fang! We're not going hunting today."

"I didn't know there were rabbits in the Forbidden Forest," Anthony said.

Surrounded by Acromantulas, Thestrals and Centaurs, the life of a rabbit must be very exciting.

"Maybe they came from the forest nearby." Hagrid said, "They are running around everywhere. Yaya found one next to the chicken shed a few days ago... right in front."

He quickened his pace, and Anthony had no choice but to run and follow him. The more confident Hagrid looked, the more Anthony worried about what he was about to see.

"Hagrid, I still feel..." Anthony said, almost bumping into Hagrid who stopped suddenly, "What's wrong?"

Hagrid said happily: "Professor Kettleburn is over there. They are taking Care of Magical Creatures class! Maybe they are preparing to learn about Chimera beasts." He stretched his neck and looked in that direction for a while with concern, and was disappointed. He looked away and told Anthony, "Ponlock. It's so boring."

"Great." Anthony said, standing on tiptoe and looking around curiously, "I haven't seen Ponlock yet. I heard that their manes can... wait a minute, is that Umbridge?"

Now Hagrid began to look at it carefully again. "The Umbridge that everyone is complaining about?" He frowned for a while, "Which one?"

"The pink one," said Anthony, "standing next to Miss Katie Bell."

Unless some ash-haired student suddenly decided to wear a huge pink bow and dye his wizard's robes pink, Anthony couldn't think of another answer.

Hagrid said: "Ouch, I thought that was some student. What is she doing here?"

"I don't know," Anthony said, suppressing his foreboding feeling.

They came closer. Anthony could hear Umbridge's artificially sweet voice now.

"...According to the Curriculum Standards, contact with Ponlock should be content for fourth grade and above." Umbridge turned her back to them and said, looking like she had written something on the record board again, then she raised her head and said sweetly "Don't worry, Sylvanos, I'm just investigating how many professors don't know the Ministry of Magic's Curriculum Standards. If I were you, I'd take a closer look at it. A qualified All the knowledge a wizard needs to know is already contained in it. Remember, this is a kind reminder." Her condescending tone and underlying cold threat conveyed exactly the opposite meaning, and Umbridge tilted her head deliberately. , "You know, just in case you still get a 'failure' on your next survey..."

Professor Kettleburn shouted angrily: "I don't care what your qualifications and failures are. If I were you, I would shut up and walk away, don't talk nonsense, in case I hit you with my cane." on the body.”