I was wandering Diagon Alley today, heading to the book store to see if they had in Quong Po's biography, when I heard a rather large ruckus coming from my favorite shoppe, the Magical Menagerie. I went about the corner to see what was happening and apparently the kind old wizard that works there part time was being taken away by the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, for smuggling Acromantula eggs in to the shoppe and selling them under the table. It was a horrible sight, he was crying and everything.
I wonder how many people bought the eggs. As much as I appreciate spiders, I can't imagine keeping one in my room that grow as large as they do.
The witch who runs the shoppe had reported him doing so, because she feared one of the eggs would hatch and it would eat up all her animals, which would be horrible, of course. I offered to help her clean up, as the Department had turned the store upside down looking for the egg's hiding place, disturbing all the animals. I think she was grateful for the help and asked if I wanted to come work for her for the rest of the summer.
I told her yes, because I think it would be nice to work there. I've got to clean out cages, but I also get to play with the rats and cats. They're not as exciting as, say, a snorlack, but I'm sure I'll learn a lot by being around them so much. She's considering having in different animals, like crups bred in with dogs, perhaps. She's heard that there are people out there working on that, so that they wouldn't have a XXX from the Department. She's already got ninety percent of her cats half bred with kneazles, clever things that they are. It's be nice to have a clever dog animal too.
I'm quite excited about the whole thing.