Now that his leaves had been in the simmering water for directly twenty minutes, Adi cleaned his wooden spoon and carefully removed them. He put them in a container to be discarded later. It was time to let the water boil.

Adi did just that, patiently waiting and keeping an eye on the cauldron while he crush the erumpant tongue in the freshly Scourgified mortar. Soon the water was boiling. The Puffer checked his text book, then added the two billywig stings followed by a pinch of the powdered erumpant tongue. Now what?

"Allow to boil for ten minutes, continuously stirring counterclockwise,'' the boy read. Meh. Ten minutes was a looong time to be stirring! But it had to be done. He cleaned his wooden spoon once more and got to work.