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"Hogwarts, clear?"
,
, whatever
she said, when Harry started to speak.
whatever
whatever that
"Got the lot here -- another young man being fitted up just now, in fact. "
that
that was
In the back of the shop, a boy with a pale, pointed face was standing on a footstool while a second witch pinned up his long black robes.
was
was .
Madam Malkin stood Harry on a stool next to him) slipped a long robe over his head, and began to pin it to the right length.
.
. He
"Hello," said the boy, "Hogwarts, too?"
He
He was
"Yes," said Harry.
was
was rattled
"My father's next door buying my books and mother's up the street looking at wands," said the boy.
rattled
rattled .
He had a bored, drawling voice.
.
. He
"Then I'm going to drag them off to took at racing brooms.
He
He hurried
I don't see why first years can't have their own.
hurried
hurried to
I think I'll bully father into getting me one and I'll smuggle it in somehow."
to
to his
Harry was strongly reminded of Dudley.
his
his car
"Have you got your own broom?"
car
car and
the boy went on.
and
and set
"No," said Harry.
set
set off
"Play Quidditch at all?"
off
off for
"No," Harry said again, wondering what on earth Quidditch could be.
for
for home
"I do -- Father says it's a crime if I'm not picked to play for my house, and I must say, I agree.
home
home ,
Know what house you'll be in yet?"
,
, hoping
"No," said Harry, feeling more stupid by the minute.
hoping
hoping he
"Well, no one really knows until they get there, do they, but I know I'll be in Slytherin, all our family have been -- imagine being in Hufflepuff, I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?"
he
he was
"Mmm," said Harry, wishing he could say something a bit more interesting.
was
was imagining
"I say, look at that man!"
imagining
imagining things
said the boy suddenly, nodding toward the front window.
things
things ,
Hagrid was standing there, grinning at Harry and pointing at two large ice creams to show he couldn't come in.
,
, which
"That's Hagrid," said Harry, pleased to know something the boy didn't.
which
which he
"He works at Hogwarts."
he
he had
"Oh," said the boy, "I've heard of him.
had
had never
He's a sort of servant, isn't he?"
never
never hoped
"He's the gamekeeper," said Harry.
hoped
hoped before
He was liking the boy less and less every second.
before
before ,
"Yes, exactly.
,
, because
I heard he's a sort of savage -- lives in a hut on the school grounds and every now and then he gets drunk, tries to do magic, and ends up setting fire to his bed."
because
because he
"I think he's brilliant," said Harry coldly.
he
he did
"Do you?"
did
did n't
said the boy, with a slight sneer.
n't
n't approve
"Why is he with you?
approve
approve of
Where are your parents?"
of
of imagination
"They're dead," said Harry shortly.
imagination
imagination .
He didn't feel much like going into the matter with this boy.
.
. As
"Oh, sorry," said the other,.
As
As he
not sounding sorry at all.
he
he pulled
"But they were our kind, weren't they?"
pulled
pulled into
"They were a witch and wizard, if that's what you mean."
into
into the
"I really don't think they should let the other sort in, do you?
the
the driveway
They're just not the same, they've never been brought up to know our ways.
driveway
driveway of
Some of them have never even heard of Hogwarts until they get the letter, imagine.
of
of number
I think they should keep it in the old wizarding families.
number
number four
What's your surname, anyway?"
four
four ,
But before Harry could answer, Madam Malkin said, "That's you done, my dear," and Harry, not sorry for an excuse to stop talking to the boy, hopped down from the footstool.
,
, the
"Well, I'll see you at Hogwarts, I suppose," said the drawling boy.
the
the first
Harry was rather quiet as he ate the ice cream Hagrid had bought him (chocolate and raspberry with chopped nuts).
first
first thing
"What's up?"
thing
thing he
said Hagrid.
he
he saw
"Nothing," Harry lied.
saw
saw --
They stopped to buy parchment and quills.
--
-- and
Harry cheered up a bit when he found a bottle of ink that changed color as you wrote.
and
and it
When they had left the shop, he said, "Hagrid, what's Quidditch?"
it
it did
"Blimey, Harry, I keep forgettin' how little yeh know -- not knowin' about Quidditch!"
did
did n't
"Don't make me feel worse," said Harry.
n't
n't improve
He told Hagrid about the pate boy in Madam Malkin's. "
improve
improve his
--and he said people from Muggle families shouldn't even be allowed in."
his
his mood
"Yer not from a Muggle family.
mood
mood --
If he'd known who yeh were -- he's grown up knowin' yer name if his parents are wizardin' folk.
--
-- was
You saw what everyone in the Leaky Cauldron was like when they saw yeh.
was
was the
Anyway, what does he know about it, some o' the best I ever saw were the only ones with magic in 'em in a long line 0' Muggles -- look at yer mum!
the
the tabby
Look what she had fer a sister!"
tabby
tabby cat
"So what is Quidditch?"
cat
cat he
"It's our sport.
he
he 'd
Wizard sport.
'd
'd spotted
It's like -- like soccer in the Muggle world -- everyone follows Quidditch -- played up in the air on broomsticks and there's four balls -- sorta hard ter explain the rules."
spotted
spotted that
"And what are Slytherin and Hufflepuff?"
that
that morning
"School houses.
morning
morning .
There's four.
.
. It
Everyone says Hufflepuff are a lot o' duffers, but --" "I bet I'm in Hufflepuff" said Harry gloomily.
It
It was
"Better Hufflepuff than Slytherin," said Hagrid darkly.
was
was now
"There's not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin.
now
now sitting
You-Know-Who was one."
sitting
sitting on
"Vol-, sorry - You-Know-Who was at Hogwarts?"
on
on his
"Years an' years ago," said Hagrid.
his
his garden
They bought Harry's school books in a shop called Flourish and Blotts where the shelves were stacked to the ceiling with books as large as paving stones bound in leather; books the size of postage stamps in covers of silk; books full of peculiar symbols and a few books with nothing in them at all.
garden
garden wall
Even Dudley, who never read anything, would have been wild to get his hands on some of these.
wall
wall .
Hagrid almost had to drag Harry away from Curses and Countercurses (Bewitch Your Friends and Befuddle Your Enemies with the Latest Revenges: Hair Loss, Jelly-Legs, Tongue- Tying and Much, Much More) by Professor Vindictus Viridian.
.
. He
"I was trying to find out how to curse Dudley."
He
He was
"I'm not sayin' that's not a good idea, but yer not ter use magic in the Muggle world except in very special circumstances," said Hagrid.
was
was sure
"An' anyway, yeh couldn' work any of them curses yet, yeh'll need a lot more study before yeh get ter that level."
sure
sure it
Hagrid wouldn't let Harry buy a solid gold cauldron, either ("It says pewter on yer list"), but they got a nice set of scales for weighing potion ingredients and a collapsible brass telescope.
it
it was
Then they visited the Apothecary, which was fascinating enough to make up for its horrible smell, a mixture of bad eggs and rotted cabbages.
was
was the
Barrels of slimy stuff stood on the floor; jars of herbs, dried roots, and bright powders lined the walls; bundles of feathers, strings of fangs, and snarled claws hung from the ceiling.
the
the same
While Hagrid asked the man behind the counter for a supply of some basic potion ingredients for Harry, Harry himself examined silver unicorn horns at twenty-one Galleons each and minuscule, glittery-black beetle eyes (five Knuts a scoop).
same
same one
Outside the Apothecary, Hagrid checked Harry's list again.
one
one ;
"Just yer wand left - A yeah, an' I still haven't got yeh a birthday present."
;
; it
Harry felt himself go red.
it
it had
"You don't have to --" "I know I don't have to.
had
had the
Tell yeh what, I'll get yer animal.
the
the same
Not a toad, toads went outta fashion years ago, yeh'd be laughed at - an' I don' like cats, they make me sneeze.
same
same markings
I'll get yer an owl.
markings
markings around
All the kids want owls, they're dead useful, carry yer mail an' everythin'."
around
around its
Twenty minutes later, they left Eeylops Owl Emporium, which had been dark and full of rustling and flickering, jewel-bright eyes.
its
its eyes