down, girls!鈥�said Professor Grubbly-Plank sharply, scattering a handful of what looked like brown rice among the stick-creatures, who immediately fell upon the food. 鈥楽o鈥攁nyone know the names of these creatures? Miss Granger?鈥�
鈥楤owtruckles,鈥�said Hermione. 鈥楾hey're tree-guardians, usually live in wand-trees.鈥�
鈥楩ive points for Gryffindor,鈥�said Professor Grubbly-Plank. 鈥榊es, these are Bowtruckles, and as Miss Granger rightly says, they generally live in trees whose wood is of wand quality. Anybody know what they eat?鈥�
鈥榃oodlice,鈥�said Hermione promptly, which explained why what Harry had taken to be grains of brown rice were moving. 鈥楤ut fairy eggs if they can get them.鈥�
鈥楪ood girl, take another five points. So, whenever you need leaves or wood from a tree in which a Bowtruckle lodges, it is wise to have a gift of woodlice ready to distract or placate it. They may not look dangerous, but if angered they will try to gouge at human eyes with their fingers, which, as you can see, are very sharp and not at all desirable
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