Private message to Nymphadora Tonks-Ponds
Tuesday, 20 December 2011 19:02![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_hydraDear cousin Dora,
I've just come down from studying in the library and I'm trying to finish my Christmas gifts so that I can send out parcels tomorrow or Thursday.
I wanted to say that I'm sorry, but, I wasn't keeping close watch and I ran out of pocket money before I could buy gifts for just everyone. I really wanted to get something for you and your husband and especially Bea, but besides not having much money I didn't know what would be the right sort of gift to send.
But I think I found something, so I hope you don't mind second-hand. Or that Bea doesn't mind, rather. And I know gifts are meant to be a surprise but in this case I thought I should explain.
I wanted Bea to have my rabbit sing-ami that Auntie Narcissa and Uncle Lucius gave me last year. I still like it but, I don't know, I feel like I don't need toys anymore, and that was the year Auntie Narcissa gave me Lady Primrose, besides, so I don't think she'll mind if I give away my sing-ami.
And then the other two things are Tex, the origami rabbit my friend Sally Anne made for me in first year, and then Tina, my old rabbit robe pet. Tex disappeared and I forgot all about him, but then when I was looking for my spare quill in the desk last night I found him, smashed up in the corner of the drawer. I've straightened him out and he looks good as new. The spell on Tina stopped working a long time ago, and since both Tina and Tex are small, Bea might just want to chew on them. Maybe you could tie them to her mobile, if she has one? Or just save them for when she's older.
So you see why I had to explain, because what else would you make of a parcel filled with used toys and things?
I hope you have a Happy Christmas this year.
From,
Hydra
I've just come down from studying in the library and I'm trying to finish my Christmas gifts so that I can send out parcels tomorrow or Thursday.
I wanted to say that I'm sorry, but, I wasn't keeping close watch and I ran out of pocket money before I could buy gifts for just everyone. I really wanted to get something for you and your husband and especially Bea, but besides not having much money I didn't know what would be the right sort of gift to send.
But I think I found something, so I hope you don't mind second-hand. Or that Bea doesn't mind, rather. And I know gifts are meant to be a surprise but in this case I thought I should explain.
I wanted Bea to have my rabbit sing-ami that Auntie Narcissa and Uncle Lucius gave me last year. I still like it but, I don't know, I feel like I don't need toys anymore, and that was the year Auntie Narcissa gave me Lady Primrose, besides, so I don't think she'll mind if I give away my sing-ami.
And then the other two things are Tex, the origami rabbit my friend Sally Anne made for me in first year, and then Tina, my old rabbit robe pet. Tex disappeared and I forgot all about him, but then when I was looking for my spare quill in the desk last night I found him, smashed up in the corner of the drawer. I've straightened him out and he looks good as new. The spell on Tina stopped working a long time ago, and since both Tina and Tex are small, Bea might just want to chew on them. Maybe you could tie them to her mobile, if she has one? Or just save them for when she's older.
So you see why I had to explain, because what else would you make of a parcel filled with used toys and things?
I hope you have a Happy Christmas this year.
From,
Hydra
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2011-12-21 04:40 (UTC)Bea will be very pleased to have your sing-ami bunny, and one day she'll be old enough for the robe pet and the folded paper bunny. When she is, I'll be sure to tell her that they came from you, and she'll like them all the more that they came from her grown-up cousin Hydra.
Have you finished with exams, then? And is everything ready for the Ball? I hope you'll have a wonderful time.
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2011-12-21 04:46 (UTC)Tomorrow is the last day of exams. I only hope I can concentrate, but at least I know I'm not the only one. And then Thursday we'll all have to watch Cassandra Calderwood be cruciated by Missus Professor Carrow, which won't be very pleasant, and after that we'll all be expected to go have fun and dancing at the ball.
Still, I can't help but be excited for it.
From,
Hydra