This photo, which I took during our trip to Washington, is my desktop right now, and the Impertinent Daughter was gazing at it and said, "Wow, Mom, you took a picture of Hogwarts."
"I did?" I said, looking up from my reading.
"See?" and she pointed to the buildings on the right. "That's Hogwarts Castle."
"Okay," I said, squinting.
"And that tree there... is the Whomping Willow."
"I see."
"And those purple plants are... poisonous or something..."
"If you get too close to them," I said, getting into the game with her, "they belch out clouds of purple pollen which make you gag and throw up."
"Right," she said eagerly. "And they're there to protect those... big green bushy things..."
"Professor Sprout's valuable Flutterby Bushes, which have to be grown outside," I said, trying not to laugh.
"Yeah!" she said enthusiastically. "And those little bird houses are for the Golden Snidgets, which eat the pests who like to eat the Flutterby's flowers, and the purple plants protect them both! Because the Snidget is endangered!"
And I had no idea!! Imagine that!
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