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eletriky AT CHRISTMAS A
s many of you know, I sent some time a few months ago blending into the muggle world in order to discover more about the mysterious eletriky, and in that time I felt that I had made some progress through the use of ‘badderies’. Well, this winter I have decided to become my alter-ego, Lilith De’Wiggins, once again, this time with a little secret up my sleeve. A second-hand wand! Since returning to the magic world, I have researched ways in which I can communicate with this great muggle power, and came across a rather unusual assistant. A magical creature called the Chizpurfle. Quoting the great Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: “Chizpurfles are small parasites up to a twentieth of an inch high, crab-like in appearance with large fangs...In the absence of magic, Chizpurfles have been known to attack electrical objects from within.” He then goes on to mention someone called Willhelm Wigworthy, but it’s nothing important. So using the old wand as bait, I caught a few of the creatures, and after a small enlargement charm, I was ready to head back to the quaint village with Sir Snuffles and my new pet ‘crabs’. I was amazed when I arrive to see every house lit up with brightly coloured flashing lights, some even shaped to depict a fat, bearded man in red, stags, and snowmen! After talking to a few of the locals I was informed that these were not to represent Dumbledore, nor James and Harry Potter, but in fact a Father of Christmas. I was not there however to learn more about muggle traditions, but instead to delve deeper into my quests, so I went to my new, temporary home, and put the Chizpurfles in an old fish tank.
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As I mentioned at the start, when I had been here previously, I had managed to communicate with the eletriky through the TV (or talk view), and so that is where I began, using the ‘romote’ to once again hear the staticky hum. This time, i decided to try pressing some of the other stitches to see if I could manipulate the humming, or decipher what it was it was trying to say. unfortunately , I am led to believe that the eletriky does not like to be manipulated, as the Talk View began to shout, and then whisper, seemingly randomly as I pressed the buttons, and I quickly turned it off before I angered it any more. The next day, I decided to release one of my Chizpurfles into my little bungalow. Sir Snuffles followed it around for me, his little bell letting me know where they were, and a permanent marker tracing their steps along the way. After a while I made a hole in the floor where the creature was particularly interested and found a lot more wires underneath, curled up like snakes. They didn't move however, even when touched, so I went outside to look for more. I soon noticed that each of the patterned lights outside each of the houses were connected together with these wires, with many wires leading to one little box, which then lead into the houses via another wire. I quickly realised that cutting into these wires once again angered the Eletricky, turning off the lights once again. But this time, I took those coloured lights black home with me, and knowing that when the lights were off I could not get hurt, I