We are so accustomed these days to the fact that every
wizarding household in Britain owns at least one flying
broomstick that we rarely stop to ask ourselves why. Why
should the humble broom have become the one object
legally allowed as a means of wizarding transport? Why
did we in the West not adopt the carpet so beloved of our
Eastern brethren? Why didn't we choose to produce flying
barrels, flying armchairs, flying bathtubs - why brooms?
Shrewd enough to see that their Muggle neighbours
would seek to exploit their powers if they knew their full
extent, witches and wizards kept themselves to
themselves long before the International Statute of
Wizarding Secrecy came into effect. If they were to keep
a means of flight in their houses, it would necessarily be
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