Madame Maxime pondered this. "So Mr. Weasley came up with the idea of having you use smuggling to win over those Muggles?"
"Very effective, wasn't it? They had been thinking the same thing themselves; they just hadn't had the chance to communicate."
While Vaughn was being discussed here, on the other side of the world in England, Harry and Ron, led by Hermione, found Vaughn at Hagrid's hut.
He and Hagrid were sitting in a clearing at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, with a large barrel beside Hagrid.
The instant they saw that barrel, Harry and Ron grimaced. After so many practical classes, they knew it all too well.
The barrel contained Flobberworms raised by Hagrid.
These ten-inch-long worms were the most horrifying part of every task involving magical creatures in practical class.
Although Flobberworms had no offensive ability—in fact, they were among the most harmless magical creatures around—and could remain motionless in one place forever as long as they had food—
Still, no normal person would want to pick up a ten-inch-long, fat worm and wring it like a dishcloth, squeezing out a huge puddle of slime from both ends of its body—possibly its mouth or its rear—then collect that sticky liquid that looked like vomit or excrement—
Sadly, ever since Flobberworm tasks had appeared in practical class, this particular job had never been absent.
Hagrid had "donated" all the Flobberworms he raised to practical class. He placed them in dark, damp corners throughout the little world, then provided a large barrel for young wizards to catch them and collect their slime.
The reward was one Knut per task!
Harry and Ron would swear that if the assigned tasks did not have to be completed, and if there were not a meager amount of points to earn, no