The necessity of chocolate.

Today was the day that K & M encountered Dementors, since we finished watching The Chamber of Secrets and started reading The Prisoner of Azkaban.  Since I had warned them about Dementors, both the effect they have on people of sucking all happiness out of them and the remedy of chocolate, they were well prepared.  Not only had they saved some of the chocolate that they'd been given for Christmas, but they also each bought a bar when we went out, just in case they didn't have enough as we're not sure how many times we are going to come across them.  I am pleased to say that both girls coped well with the encounter, obviously the chocolate helped, I'm not entirely sure how much effect the fact that they were both knitting while listening had on the situation, it may or may not be an alternative you may wish to consider if you ever come across Dementors yourself.