Excuses, Excuses: Part 1 – Homework
It happens; we don’t have a diary, or we forget to write it down, or we’re just sheer lazy and didn’t do the homework. Unfortunately professors aren’t that forgiving of missing homework.
Here are some patented Owl Post excuses to get you out of trouble!
[No blame will be accepted by The Owl Post if these do not work]
“My pygmy puff ate it.”
“My parchment ran away with the quill.”
“No I did it. Look; it’s just cleverly disguised as a page full of doodles!”
“I’m sure I gave it to you, professor – or was that last year I did?”
“I burned it so others wouldn’t copy my answers.”
“The Ministry of Magic took it away as they thought it was a dark artifact.”
“I couldn’t do it – my room is haunted.”
[editor’s note: the whole castle is haunted – of course your room is too!]
“I came down with a terrible case of ‘having trouble holding onto a quill’.”
“A wolf came into my Common Room and stole my schoolbag with my homework in it.”
[note: will probably only work the day after the full moon]
“The words literally fell off the page! I think someone hexed it.”
“My Common Room burned down. It’s all fixed now but my homework’s gone for good.”
“Some kid in the Ravenclaw dorms was playing loud music and I couldn’t concentrate.”
[junior editor’s note: umm… no comment…]
“I lost it when I got in a fight with a kid who said you weren’t the best professor in the school.”
“You never told me I couldn’t use invisible ink.”
“Honest, Professor Priaulx, the aliens took it!”
About the author
Saffron Foxclaw is Hogwarts graduate, previous Head Girl & Owl Post Editor, currently working for The Daily Prophet. Every now and again she may publish articles in an OOC capacity.
