bat, grimm and the cat can fix it (Translation)

The rest of the birthday

When Severus heard the title of the book, he wanted to hit his forehead. Of course he didn't. Instead, he let out a resigned snort.
"I should have guessed that too."
Harry stopped stroking the books and looked at his teacher.
"What do you mean?"
"Actually, I didn't mean to tell you, but you would have found out anyway. since Hagrid was cleared of all allegations he has a new job. "
"WHAT!? Does that mean he's not at Hogwarts anymore? "
"Potter, please let me finish. But he's at Hogwarts. I should have said better that he has an extra job. Namely the one for the care of magical creatures. "
Harry smiled all over his face.
"That's great. That was his dream job even when he was still at school. and he is also the reason why I am also interested in it. "
"Nice for you," came from Snape.
"Um, but what exactly does that have to do with Beiß-Buch?"
Severus couldn't believe it. 'Now the guy is giving him a name, and then that too.'
"If you have to give this thing a name, then a decent one, please. And as for your question, Hagrid chose this book for his students. as you said, absolutely typical. "
Harry could only agree with that. He looked at the book in his hand, which seemed to be dozing. He opened it and leafed through it a bit.
"Maybe I'll just call it a chest."
severus, just getting out of bed, almost tripped over his own feet.
"Do you read novels?"
That earned him an angry glint from his student.
"Yes, I do, and not just novels. I like to read."
"I've never heard of that before."
"Of course not, you would hardly approve if I took out a book in your class."
"I would be happy if you read the potions book."
"I do, but it's not always helpful."
Severus already had a snappy comment in store, but then held back. But only because it was the boy's birthday today.
"Get out of bed at last, then I can clean it."
immediately Harry did as he was told.

While Severus tended to the bed and nibbled furniture, Harry sat at the desk. He took out his stationery and began writing to Hagrid. blacky sat down next to him on the floor and looked over his shoulder.
Severus, seeing this, didn't know whether it was funny or sad. 'Why is the boy so small? That's not normal.'
"Potter, what are you doing?"
"I'm writing to Hagrid. After all, I need a place for Blacky. "
The teacher looked at the dog again. He had his doubts that the mutt could simply be quartered with the half-giant. well, he couldn't care less as long as he didn't live with him.
Harry quickly finished the letter and tied it to his owl's leg.
"Hedwig, would you be so kind as to bring that to Hagrid? Or would you prefer to rest for a while? "
the owl shook its head, then nipped at her confidante again and set off.
"A really intelligent animal that you have there."
Severus almost backed away in shock when the boy beamed at him.
"Is not it? hedwig was my first present ever. I got it from Hagrid when he came with me to Diagon Alley. "
It took a moment for the message to arrive, but then the jailer had to sit down. his first gift. What should that mean, if you please? What about the boy's relatives?
Not only Severus seemed to have irritated the statement. Blacky also let out a faint whimper. then he put his massive head on the boy's lap.
Only now seemed to have noticed what he had said.
"Um, I mean ..."
When the dog and teacher looked at him, he bowed his head.
"Not so important. in any case, Hedwig is the smartest owl in all of Hogwarts. "

As if she wanted to agree with the boy, another owl came through the window and crashed head-on on the table top. She continued to slide and knocked over the inkwell.
"Quod erat demonstrandum."
Harry grinned at his teacher.
"Right, this is Errol, the Weasley's owl. It is getting a bit old. "
"Something? The cattle were old by Arthur Weasley's school days. a miracle that he can still fly at all. "
"I know, but they don't have the money for a new owl. Or rather, they gave Percy one. In addition, owls live to be 70 to 80 years old. "
"Those in the magical world are even older. But still, this one should have been retired a long time ago. "
Harry ignored the stink and took care of Errol first. he freed him from his burden, got a cloth, and cleaned it of the ink.
"Let me do that. You just smear it. "
With a magic everything was clean again.
"Oh, a present from Ron and Mrs. Weasley. Do you want one too? "
with that the boy held out a box of cookies.
Severus was surprised that the boy offered him something.
"Thank you."
They tasted really good. No wonder the Weasley boys always fought over their mother's packages.