Продолжаю чтение Harry is a Dragon, and that's okay

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"Quite right, Mr. Malfoy," Kettleburn agreed. "But can any of you tell me the most important thing to know about a griffin?"

Lavender Brown said that it was a four-X creature, which Professor Kettleburn said was a good point but not the thing he was thinking of, and then Harry put up his paw.

"They're like sphinxes," he said, when it was his turn to answer. "They're properly intelligent."

"Exactly!" Professor Kettleburn agreed, and the griffin waved.

"Oh, Merlin," Draco sighed. "Another one."

"The specifics of today's lesson," Professor Kettleburn continued, "are that we will be focusing on how one interacts with a Magical Creature which can understand you quite well but who is not able to easily reply."

"Oh, I think I get it," someone said, though Harry couldn't see who. "Sort of like someone who's French."