Now that there was a bucket of sudsy water infront of Auggie, the Gryffindor went to retrieve one of Professor Vindictus's sponges and then returned to his cleaning station. Taking the broom he was meant to clean, he wondered how on Earth it had gotten so dirty. Did someone literally drag it through mud recently?

Deciding that it wasn't his place to find the guilty party of the mudding, the fourth year dipped the sponge into the soapy water, then strained the excess soap off and began to rub the dirt off of the broom handle. Continuing to do this for about 5 minutes, being sure to get all the way around the wood, the dirt was now gone. After patting the wood with a blue towel from the blue towel bin, August was almost suprised there was a broom handle under that dirt.

The next step was the dipping of the tail twigs. Once the tail was submerged, the boy slowly stirred it around seven times counter-clockwise and then held the droom vertically in that position for the alotted two minutes. The next section of the task was the opposite of what he had just done. Now he stirred the water with the submerged tail twigs seven times clockwise and then allowed it to soak for two more minutes.