“I’m hot,” she said. And by that, she meant her temperature for she had a fever. Beezus pulled the dragonhide gloves tighter above her wrist, she would be needing not only the Freezing charm but also the gloves’ thickness to avoid being burned by the Fire Bush seeds that she was plucking.

Incantation uttered, she aimed her wand at the seed. After a while, she reached out to pick it up, yet when she did, she immediately pulled out her hand. She was burned! And when she looked at her hand, she found out her gloves had a small hole.