breathing like a winded rhinoceros
‘Morning, Mum,’ said George, in what he clearly thought was a jaunty, winning voice.
who can tell me the properties of the Mandrake?’ To nobody’s surprise, Hermione’s hand was first into the air. ‘Mandrake, or Mandragora, is a powerful restorative,’ said Hermione, sounding as usual as though she had swallowed the textbook. ‘It is used to return people who have been transfigured or cursed, to their original state.’ ‘Excellent. Ten points to Gryffindor,’
Point Inflation
And he opened the cage. It was pandemonium.