Hooch: Good afternoon, class. Class: Good afternoon, Madam Hooch. Hooch: Good afternoon, Amanda, good afternoon. Welcome to your first flying lesson. Well, what are you waiting for? Everyone step up to the left side of their broomstick. Come on now, hurry up. Harry glanced down at his broom. It was old and some of the twigs stuck out at odd angles. twig - a small very thin branch that grows out of a larger branch on a bush or tree.