Today's Prophet

[alt_susan]

I don't usually read the Daily Prophet, because it's mostly full of boring grownup stuff, but this morning I woke up before everyone else in my dorm and couldn't get back to sleep, so I went to the common room and I was just in time for the owl that brings the Sunday Prophet.  Sometimes its rather fun to be the only person awake when everyone else is asleep, but other times its just boring. This was one of the boring times, so I decided to look at the Prophet because sometimes it has good photographs on Sundays.  And I ended up reading an article about how the Commitee for the Re-population of New Wizarding London is almost finished working on the city, and their about to invite people from other parts of the country to move there.

The article had lots of pictures, mostly of empty spaces where buildings and things used to be, and some of new buildings that the building crew wizards are putting in.  I'm glad that their almost done.  The Commitee has been working on London since I was very little. I don't really remember before.  But ever since I can remember there have been work crews in my neighbourhood, spelling buildings down.  Its very noisy and loud, and even if they cast a silence spell (and they don't always) you can still feel the vibrations in the earth.  And its strange to have something, maybe a statue or something like that, that was always there in your neighbourhood and then one day its gone.  So I'm glad their done and won't be doing that any more.

And maybe we'll get some new neighbours?  I'd like that, if they were nice, and especially if they had children who were Peter and Carrie's age so I wouldn't have to watch them so much.

Comments

[alt-megan.livejournal.com]

Did you like the statues that were gone? Weren't they muggle statues?

[alt-susan.livejournal.com]

You sort of get used to having the same things around, I guess. Even if they are Muggle things.

[alt-harry.livejournal.com]

Yeah I was really upset when Father took all the Muggle things out of our house. It took him a long time to get around to it. I was a little kid but I remember it was awful.

We have much nicer things now though.

[alt-susan.livejournal.com]

Do you ever miss your old things? Just because they were your old things, even though the new ones are nicer?

[alt-harry.livejournal.com]

Yeah I used to, but isn't that a bit babyish?

[alt-susan.livejournal.com]

I dunno. I think it's alright to get used to things, and to miss them when they're gone.