章 38: Cold
Anthony and his cat take a walk by the Black Lake. The sun came out today, and everyone who had free time came out to enjoy the winter sunshine.
After Halloween, it gets cold. The Black Lake is covered with ice, thickening a little more every day. At first, only the bird stood on it, but later the students also went up, and now, Anthony even jumped on it.
Hagrid was wrapped in his moleskin coat, pulling the big dog, and waved to Anthony from a distance.
The mountains surrounding the school have fallen into snow and ice, and their white peaks sparkle in the sun. Madam Pomfrey's medicine cabinet was full of pick-me-ups. The student was wrapped in winter wizard robes, and his nose and ears were red from the cold.
"Professor Anthony!" Midgen waved to him. She was also a member of the perfect class and got a lot of extra points and snacks from him.
She was walking with a few girls, holding a small bag of colorful snacks in her hand. She looked like she had just returned from Hogsmeade.
Anthony smiled and said, "Hello."
"Hey, is this the cat that doesn't like people?" Midgen knelt down to look at the cat, "But it's really good-looking."
His cats already have a certain reputation among students. Of course it is not as good as Mrs. Norris, but after it wandered out alone, many students knew that there was a ginger cat that was extremely vigilant and would run away as soon as anyone approached.
The Weasley brothers even stalked the cat, chasing it from the greenhouse to the second floor of the castle. If he hadn't run into Professor Quirrell who was just coming downstairs to his office, Anthony felt that they might not be able to stop the cat and go into the pet tunnel he left with the cat.
The cat jumped into Anthony's arms and looked down at Midgen.
Midgen was amused: "Professor, where did you buy the cat?"
"I picked it up," Anthony said, rubbing the cat's head. The cat twitched its ears impatiently and put its head into the wizard's robe.
In fact, it was dug, but there is no need to tell the students this.
"That's great." Midgen said enviously, "I want a cat too."
Anthony knew that her family was of modest means and did not buy a pet. Clean and beautiful pets in the Magical Creatures Shop are expensive, and there are many students at Hogwarts who don't have pets.
He suddenly thought: "Isn't it okay if it's not sold in Diagon Alley?"
"Of course." Midgen said in surprise, "Professor, do you know the person who sells cats?"
Anthony shook his head: "No. Let me think about it... It's hard to say now. I have to talk to other professors first... But if you keep giving face like this, the feasibility should be relatively high."
He wanted to take his students to see the British Muggle community for themselves.
Rather than sitting in a classroom and telling you how the majority of people living across the wall live, why not experience it yourself. There happened to be a pet adoption agency near the community where he worked, with simple procedures, which was very suitable for serious and responsible students like Midgen who wanted pets.
Even though he didn't know what he was talking about, Midgen still nodded heavily: "I will perform well."
Anthony smiled and said: "Just keep the current status, I dare say you are at least E. Let's put it this way, the knowledge points of my tests cover the scope of O.W.Ls questions, and even include N.E.W.Ts, but the question types Keep it simple."
He and Professor Burbage had discussed the O.W.Ls and N.E.W.Ts exams in Muggle Studies.
According to the questions he saw in the archives, the test questions of these exams were close to Muggle life at that time and were quite up to date with the times... And as students turned in messy answer sheets every year, the difficulty of the exams dropped again and again. It was so simple that he couldn't believe it.
At that time, he asked Professor Burbage who was responsible for the test questions and why the test questions were so different from the textbook at the time ("Everyday Muggles"). Professor told him that these formal examinations have expert question groups, and the question setting has little to do with school professors.
Anthony asked her if she knew who was on the Muggle Studies expert panel. He was really curious about what the experts would think when they saw the answer sheet. Under the question about the end of the 20th century, students carefully answered what Muggle life was like in the 18th century.
"I was the team leader at the time." Professor Burbage said calmly, "So as soon as I heard that the Muggle Research position was vacant, I decided to come and take a look."
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