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Spit Fyre was snoring loudly beside the fireplace Alther had tried to get the dragon back to Septirowth spurt meant that there was no way he could fit up the stairs Luckily, Seption Fostering: A Practykal Guide and had estion, which to his amazement had worked

Jenna, Septirisly task They were collecting the s from each piece an assortht we did so else D&039;you do stuff like this every day?" Beetle was painstakingly taking apart some curved pieces, which had been at the top of the ShadowSafe, and were turning out to contain a full set of rib bones

"No, not every day," Septi thin bone from a narrow section that had formed one of the corners "But this is the last Thursday of the month, Beetle, so what do you expect?"

Beetle handed yet another rib to Jenna, as laying out the bones on the floor "You do this every last Thursday" He caught Septiot me there I make that fourteen now, ma&039;am"

"Jenna," corrected Jenna "Call me Jenna, Beetle"

"Oh SorryJenna Well, that&039;s fourteen ribs so far and there are still some more in here Look how neatly they&039;ve been fixed inside They&039;re so well hidden that you&039;d never know Not in a million years Ah, here comes another onefifteen"

"Mm, lovely Thanks, Beetle"

"Anytiruesosaw puzzle There, on Marcia&039;s best Chinese rug, the shape of a hu, as Septimus and Beetle handed her a succession of bones

"How ot there now, Jen?" Septimus asked after a while

"Well,"Jenna tried to remember what she knew from her Human Anatoht fingers, no thumbs yetI don&039;t think so anyway There are lots of little bones but I don&039;t knohere they go,still oodness"

"Aha," Septi thin section fro number two is in here"

"This is so weird," muttered Beetle, as he handed Jenna a succession of sht they belonged, then she stood up and surveyed her creation She now had what looked like a full skeleton htly and looking n that Alther orried

"What is it, Uncle Alther?" Jenna asked

"I think, Princess, that this is a Placement It&039;s obviously an incomplete Placement, but what I&039;d like to know is exactly how incomplete it is"

"I suppose we could count the bones," said Jenna "And then, if we kne many there are in a skeleton, we&039;d know"

"But we don&039;t kno many there are in a skeleton," said Septimus "Well, I don&039;t know, that&039;s for sure"

"Neither do I," said Jenna

"Two hundred and six," said Beetle