Keefer waited for the other students to go first. He knew he would get a turn eventually, so he didn't mind letting the eager people have a go. But after about ten minutes, he decided to start the process of meeting a hippogriff. He had been watching the creatures and thus knew which one he wanted to approach. It was a taller, grayish-brown hippogriff and appeared to be more agreeable than the others. Two students had already offered it a ferret, so he thought the beast might enjoy an after-dinner snack of bugs.

Keefer pulled out his gloves from his bag. Touching dead things doesn't sound appealing right now. On goes the protection! He walked over to the bug bin, taking care to give everyone a wide berth so the hippogriffs wouldn't feel threatened. Reaching down, he grabbed a small handful of insects. He walked over to the hippogriff he had selected and waited his turn until the girl in front of him was done.