Chapter 58 How to Train Your Dragon

In the following days, Tom and Hermione kept paying attention to the changes in the dragon egg. After Charms class on Thursday morning, an owl brought a note to Tom. There were only four words on it: It's about to hatch. Also receiving the note was Harry, who had also encountered the dragon egg when he and Ron went to Hagrid's cabin to talk to him.

So a large group of people poured into Hagrid's hut: Tom, Hermione, Harry, Ron and Neville. After all, it is one of the top magical animals in the magic world: the breaking of the shell of the fire dragon. This kind of thing is rare in a lifetime. As long as you know the news, you will come to see it even if you skip class.

Fortunately, although Hagrid's hut is called a "hut", the internal area is not small at all. The length and width of each house are more than ten meters, which is more than enough to accommodate five little wizards.

When they arrived at Hagrid's hut, the dragon egg had been moved to the table, and Hagrid was standing beside it excitedly staring at it. There was a deep crack on the surface of the dragon egg, and there was a clicking sound inside. It was obvious that the little fire dragon inside was very lively.

Tom and the others arrived just in time, because before the stools under their buttocks got warm, the cracks on the dragon's egg began to expand. With a harsh scratching sound, the egg cracked, and one was as wrinkled as a handful. Black Umbrella's fire dragon emerged from inside. It opened its wings, which were larger than its body, and a few sparks came out of its nostrils.

The first impression the little wizards have when they see Charmander is: So ugly! But Hagrid didn't seem to mind it at all, he was extremely happy. He stretched out a hand and touched Charmander's head, but the Charmander bit his finger back.

The dragon's teeth couldn't break Hagrid's defense at all, and Hagrid even thought it was the dragon getting close to him.

"I've decided, let's call him Norbert!" Hagrid decided on the name for the little dragon. Norbert's answer to the name was a flame that set Hagrid's beard on fire. Hagrid extinguished the flames with two casual blows, and Hagrid's laughter echoed in the room.

"What a lively boy!" Hagrid didn't mind at all. But the other little wizards were shocked by the irritability of this dragon: It has just broken out of its shell, and it is so aggressive. If it grows for a few more days, it may be able to use people as food, right?

"Hagrid, how fast does a Norwegian Ridgeback grow?" Hermione asked cautiously.

"It only takes a week to become three times the size after hatching!" Hagrid said very proudly.

Little wizards:...

"Hagrid... you see how ferocious it was when it was born. If it grows older, it will be very dangerous, right?" Harry also realized that something was wrong.

"Ha! This is not ferocious, but energetic. This just proves that it is a healthy baby!"

But several people recalled the flames that were just enough to burn people, and the fangs that could cause tetanus. Everyone felt that this baby seemed to be too lively. Several people looked at each other with a bad feeling.

As a brother who professionally raises fire dragons, Ron has more say: "Hagrid, believe me, it will soon grow to be as big as your house, and you won't be able to hide it then! You will probably get into trouble because of it." Azkaban!"

Hagrid fell silent for a moment: this ironclad fact left him speechless. The magic world has very strict control over fire dragons. All fire dragons in the world can only live in nature reserves. Selling live fire dragons privately is a serious crime.

The hippogriff hurts people, and Hagrid can still appeal and argue. If he is forced to raise a fire dragon, the Ministry of Magic will not bother you at all, and will directly come to the door in full force to seize the fire dragon, and send it away if possible. , if you can’t send them away, then slaughter them on the spot.

Hagrid could only say dryly: "Let's wait until it grows up..."

Harry advised: "Let it go."

"No," said Hagrid, "it's too small and will die."

"Then wait until it grows up a little before releasing it."

Hagrid was silent. Finally, he accepted the suggestion in his heart. He bit his lip with tears in his eyes: "I - I know I can't keep it forever, but I can't throw it away casually, no."

"How about putting it in the Forbidden Forest?" Neville suggested in a low voice.

"What a great idea! Why didn't I think of that?" Hagrid's eyes lit up.

Tom:? !

I thought you put it in the Forbidden Forest by default! So you plan to throw away a fire dragon like a puppy? Tom was dumbfounded: Can you guys be more reliable?

Frankly speaking, putting it in the Forbidden Forest is not a bad choice. There are already centaurs, Acromantulas, unicorns, and various ordinary beasts in the Forbidden Forest. One more fire dragon should be fine. It's just that Dumbledore's blood pressure will definitely rise when he finds out.

"No! Not in the Forbidden Forest!" Hermione stood up, "The fire dragon can fly! If one day it flies out of the Forbidden Forest, it will be next to the Quidditch pitch of Hogwarts! If one day The sound of the game attracted it..."

The little wizards and Hagrid all trembled.

The biggest difference between the fire dragon and other magical animals is that it is very mobile. Other magical animals can give the professors a reaction time. If the fire dragon rushes out of the forest, it can fly over the stadium in less than a minute. , turning the little wizards present into its acquaintances.

Ron suddenly reacted, "Charlie," he stood up, "My brother Charlie, he is studying fire dragons in Romania. We can give Norbert to him and let Charlie take care of him - this kind of young fire dragon must be It is extremely valuable research data. When it grows up, it can be released into the wild. What do you think, Hagrid?"

Hagrid had no choice, but he still insisted on raising it by himself for a month. After making this decision, Hagrid cherished this little Charmander even more. He immediately got up and went outside to personally prepare a bottle of chicken blood brandy for Norbert. He then poured the drink into a bowl and fed it to little Norbert.

The book is right, the fire dragon cubs really like this. Little Norbert was attracted by this drink and stopped losing his temper. He obediently lay beside the bowl and licked and drank. Tom looked at Norbert who had calmed down, and felt that the dragon was not very ugly, and had a strange sense of cuteness.

In the next period of time, Tom and the others took turns to help Hagrid take care of Norbert. Tom came the most frequently, and he gradually became familiar with Norbert. The result of this persistence was that Tom's Boggart soul ring had more There was a pattern of a fire dragon - of course, there were also many burn marks on the body. But what troubled him was that the size of his transformation was the same as Noble's, not even bigger than Fox. So Tom could only come to Noble every day to update his body shape data.