Daring, Nerve And Chivalry

Well, not chivalry, perhaps, but we had to dig deep to pull out our best Gryffindor qualities for today's competition. It was so difficult! I knew my routine really well, and all the walking in and out of the ring, and mum did too. But when the barn is suddenly full of people and dogs and smells and chaos, I find it super difficult to stay focused... We did our routine twice, the first time only half of it because I ran off to bark at the judges, but the second time, we managed most of it. Hedwig was brilliant, but in the end, I had done too much running off to be awarded points.

Mum says being brave is being scared but do what needs to be done anyway. That's sort of what we did today. We didn't win a rosette, but mum gave me this Hogwarts crest to pin up on my wall. For being her brave little girl...