Somebody was pointing at him! A Ravenclaw girl, to be exact. Carl almost freaked out, afraid that he had said something wrong, but quickly realized that she was simply agreeing with his answer. He grinned at her and turned his attention to the board as a list of annoyances appeared. There was his answer, number two!

He took notes on the Skurge spell, something he had read about somewhere. It had a fascinating effect, really. When he was done and had listened to Professor Primeaux's instructions, he took out his wand and practiced the wand movement. It was harder than the usual point or flick of his wrist - it was a three leaf clover! He tried to remember how the Professor had done it and repeated the movement many times, making sure that his wrist stayed tight.

When he was satisfied with his progress, the First Year moved on to practicing the incantation. He put his wand in his pocket and focused his gaze on a dummy in a corner of the room. "Skurge," he said. "Skurge, Skurge, Skurge." He repeated clearly and loudly, though not loud enough to disturb his peers. "Skuuurge. Skurgeee. Skurge." Just playing around with the incantation now. It was a funny word.

Carl then alternated between practicing the wand movement and the incantation. Three leaf clover, Skurge.