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Waddles The Ashwinder Violet followed took its time winding through the maze, cautiously checking around every third corner. Finally it came to a nice end in its path. Coiling itself and checking its surroundings, it laid two eggs. Then after a deliberate pause, laid a third egg and disintegrated, leaving the three eggs on a little pillow of ash.
Violet was glad her Ashwinder moved slowly so she didn't have to run very hard to keep up with it. In fact, she had to slow down and go into stealth mode in order not to frighten it off, as it seemed to be a very cautious one. Finally, hiding as best she could behind a corner of the maze, she gazed in wonder down at the end of the path and watched the little being lay its eggs. She almost ran forward after the second one, but was glad she waited, because, what do you know, there was a third one, too. And then, the Ashwinder was gone as if it had never been.
Violet thought it rather a bad deal to only get to live long enough to lay a few eggs and then, POOF! But she had no time for thinking, because there were eggs to collect. She came forward at last, pointed her wand at each of the eggs, and exclaimed,
"Glacius!" "Glacius!" "Glacius!" Then, pocketing her wand, she bent down and gently picked up each of the eggs and put them in her jar. They were really cold, too! Satisfied with her accomplishment, Violet turned and started walking back out of the maze in what she hoped was the right direction.