Oh no. These screechsnaps are loud too. Hopefully, they won't give Niomi a hard time. To make sure she knew what she was doing, she listened carefully to Professor Myers.

Find the dead leaves? Niomi looked down at the screechsnap in front of her. She could see a lot of dead leaves on it. Once Professor Myers was finished giving his first instructions, Niomi went to grab the screechsnap at the base. Like the Professor said, this was a little difficult. The screechsnap, Niomi had a hold of, was wiggling around, trying to escape. Then, the screechsnap got a little loose out of Niomi's grip. "No! Come back here," She yelled at it, before grabbing it firmly. This caused a little less wiggling from the screechsnap.

Now, to search for the dead branches. Taking her wand out, Niomi searched the plant. She found a few dead branches, and at an angle she cut the branches off. The screechsnap became a little less bothered being handled like this. ONLY a little though. There were many more dead leaves than branches.

Thinking it was finished, the screechsnap pushed out of Niomi's hand and tried to get away. "Ah!" she screeched. Niomi didn't expect it to get away so easily. Pulling her arm out, she successfully grabbed the screechsnap, "Stop getting away. We will be finished soon." Once, the screechsnap stopped wiggling once again, she moved on to cutting the dead leaves off.

Finally, Niomi was finished cutting off the dead leaves. She gathered them in a pile and set them aside. Now, the screechsnap was calm. It seemed happier for having the dead weight off of it.