The perfectly shaped head

[David]

Cindy wrote:

> A perfect bald head is something one longs to touch.  Just once.  
> Maybe by accident.  On mass transit, perhaps when one is reaching 
> for the wire to alert the driver to stop.  So far, I have never 
had 
> the opportunity.  I imagine it would be warm and smooth, like a 
> baby's bottom.  ;-)

What astonishing mimesis!

...

Hermione looked longingly at Harry's newly shaven head.  It looked 
so smooth, so inviting, like a baby's bottom, and she began to 
wonder how she could brush it, as if by accident.  In a flash, 
Professor Flitwick's words came to her out of her first year at 
Hogwarts: "Swish and flick".  If she could just get a little closer, 
then on the backswing, surely she could manage a gentle graze.

'Wingar-'

'Ouch!  Hermione, what d'you think you're doing!  That got me right 
on the scar!  It really hurt!  Are you trying to be the next Dark 
Lord or something?'

Mortified, Hermione said hurriedly, 'I'm sorry, I, erm, just wanted 
to try to levitate-'

Just then, Ron turned.  'Why, hello, Cho', he said.  Bright red, 
Harry whirled round to face an empty room, his hair flopping over 
the scar on his scar.

Ron sniggered. 'Looks like that shaving charm wasn't strong enough, 
then.'

...

David