The photograph and tiny print expanded to palm size, and only then could Brian make out the densely packed words-this was actually a feature report Miss Targaryen had magically copied from a 1979 issue of the Daily Prophet. She really ought to practice her copying spells.
It told the story of a dragon police officer apprehending a major criminal.
"Wonderful news! Wonderful news! Dear wizarding friends, let us cheer, let us celebrate! From today onward,
your fantastic beast companions are finally safe!
"Last night, July seventeenth, at nine twenty-three p.m. British time, the notorious poacher 'Black Net,' the culprit behind the largest case of fantastic beast theft since the Goblin Rebellion, met the end of his wicked life in the fork of a tree at the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary.
"According to sanctuary staff, 'Black Net' was actually an illegal, unregistered Animagus. His Animagus form was, astonishingly, a seemingly harmless raccoon. This was the reason for his unfailing success in his past crimes, and it also allowed him to successfully bypass the sanctuary's security cordon and brazenly attempt to steal dragon eggs.
"Fortunately, 'Black Net' failed to evade a dragon's keen senses. A female Norwegian Ridgeback named 'Scissors,'
discovered 'Black Net' while patrolling her territory. Analysis of the traces left at the scene suggested that 'Scissors' first used a blast of extremely hot flame to burn 'Black Net' back into his original form, then promptly ended his life with her sharp teeth.
"As of the completion of this report, 'Black Net's' corpse had become one of 'Scissors's' trophies. The Aurors from Azkaban who arrived at the scene intended to work with sanctuary staff to prepare an enormous beef cake, rewarding 'Scissors' for protecting over a hundred dragon eggs while also retrieving 'Black Net's' corpse.
"It is worth mentioning that, at the