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"Professor McGonagall told me all about the special circumstances,
Potter.
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sideways
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sideways glance
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And what model is it?"
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glance
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glance at
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"A Nimbus Two Thousand, sit," said Harry, fighting not to laugh at the
look of horror on Malfoy's face.
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at
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at Dumbledore
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"And it's really thanks to Malfoy here
that I've got it," he added.
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Dumbledore
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Dumbledore here
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Harry and Ron headed upstairs, smothering their laughter at Malfoy's
obvious rage and confusion.
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here
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here ,
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"Well, it's true," Harry chortled as they
reached the top of the marble staircase, "If he hadn't stolen Neville's
Remembrall I wouln't be on the team...."
"So I suppose you think that's a reward for breaking rules?"
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,
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, as
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came an
angry voice from just behind them.
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as
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as though
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Hermione was stomping up the stairs,
looking disapprovingly at the package in Harry's hand.
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though
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though hoping
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"I thought you weren't speaking to us?"
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hoping
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hoping he
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said Harry.
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he
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he was
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"Yes, don't stop now," said Ron, "it's doing us so much good."
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was
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was going
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Hermione marched away with her nose in the air.
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going
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going to
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Harry had a lot of trouble keeping his mind on his lessons that day.
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to
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to tell
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It
kept wandering up to the dormitory where his new broomstick was lying
under his bed, or straying off to the Quidditch field where he'd be
learning to play that night.
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tell
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tell her
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He bolted his dinner that evening without
noticing what he was eating, and then rushed upstairs with Ron to unwrap
the Nimbus Two Thousand at last.
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her
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her something
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"Wow," Ron sighed, as the broomstick rolled onto Harry's bedspread.
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something
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something ,
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Even Harry, who knew nothing about the different brooms, thought it
looked wonderful.
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,
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, but
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Sleek and shiny, with a mahogany handle, it had a long
tail of neat, straight twigs and Nimbus Two Thousand written in gold
near the top.
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but
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but he
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As seven o'clock drew nearer, Harry left the castle and set off in the
dusk toward the Quidditch field.
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he
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he did
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Held never been inside the stadium
before.
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did
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did n't
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Hundreds of seats were raised in stands around the field so that
the spectators were high enough to see what was going on.
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n't
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n't ,
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At either end
of the field were three golden poles with hoops on the end.
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,
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, so
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They
reminded Harry of the little plastic sticks Muggle
children blew bubbles through, except that they were fifty feet high.
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so
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so she
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Too eager to fly again to wait for Wood, Harry mounted his broomstick
and kicked off from the ground.
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she
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she went
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What a feeling -- he swooped in and out
of the goal posts and then sped up and down the field.
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went
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went on
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The Nimbus Two
Thousand turned wherever he wanted at his lightest touch.
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on
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on .
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"Hey, Potter, come down!'
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.
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. ``
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Oliver Wood had arrived.
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``
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`` A
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fie was carrying a large wooden crate under his
arm.
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A
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A fine
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Harry landed next to him.
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fine
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fine thing
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"Very nice," said Wood, his eyes glinting.
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thing
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thing it
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"I see what McGonagall
meant... you really are a natural.
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it
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it would
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I'm just going to teach you the rules
this evening, then you'll be joining team practice three times a week."
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would
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would be
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He opened the crate.
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be
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be if
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Inside were four different-sized balls.
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if
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if ,
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"Right," said Wood.
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,
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, on
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"Now, Quidditch is easy enough to understand, even
if it's not too easy to play.
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on
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on the
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There are seven players on each side.
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the
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the very
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Three of them are called Chasers."
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very
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very day
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"Three Chasers," Harry repeated, as Wood took out a bright red ball
about the size of a soccer ball.
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day
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day YouKnow-Who
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"This ball's called the Quaffle," said Wood.
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YouKnow-Who
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YouKnow-Who seems
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"The Chasers throw the
Quaffle to each other and try and get it through one of the hoops to
score a goal.
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seems
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seems to
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Ten points every time the Quaffle goes through one of the
hoops.
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to
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to have
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Follow me?"
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have
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have disappeared
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"The Chasers throw the Quaffle and put it through the hoops to score,"
Harry recited.
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disappeared
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disappeared at
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"So -- that's sort of like basketball on broomsticks with
six hoops, isn't it?"
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at
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at last
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"What's basketball?"
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last
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last ,
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said Wood curiously.
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,
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, the
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"Never mind," said Harry
quickly.
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the
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the Muggles
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"Now, there's another player on each side who's called the Keeper -I'm
Keeper for Gryffindor.
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Muggles
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Muggles found
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I have to fly around our hoops and stop the other
team from scoring."
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found
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found out
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"Three Chasers, one Keeper," said Harry, who was determined to remember
it all.
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out
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out about
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"And they play with the Quaffle.
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about
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about us
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Okay, got that.
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us
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us all
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So what are
they for?"
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all
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all .
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He pointed at the three balls left inside the box.
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.
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. I
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"I'll show you now," said Wood.
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I
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I suppose
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"Take this."
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suppose
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suppose he
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He handed Harry a small club, a bit like a short baseball bat.
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he
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he really
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"I'm going to show you what the Bludgers do," Wood said.
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really
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really has
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"These two are
the Bludgers."
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has
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has gone
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He showed Harry two identical balls, jet black and slightly smaller than
the red Quaffle.
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gone
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gone ,
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Harry noticed that they seemed to be straining to
escape the straps holding them inside the box.
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,
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, Dumbledore
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"Stand back," Wood warned Harry.
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Dumbledore
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Dumbledore ?
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He bent down and freed one of the
Bludgers.
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?
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? ''
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At once, the black ball rose high in the air and then pelted straight at
Harry's face.
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''
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'' ``
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Harry swung at it with the bat to stop it from breaking
his nose, and sent it zigzagging away into the air -- it zoomed around
their heads and then shot at Wood, who dived on top of it and managed to
pin it to the ground.
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``
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`` It
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"See?"
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It
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It certainly
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Wood panted, forcing the struggling Bludger back into the crate
and strapping it down safely.
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certainly
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certainly seems
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"The Bludgers rocket around, trying to
knock players off their brooms.
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seems
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seems so
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That's why you have two Beaters on each
team -- the Weasley twins are ours -- it's their job to protect their
side from the Bludgers and try and knock them toward the other team.
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so
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so ,
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So
-- think you've got all that?"
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,
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, ''
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"Three Chasers try and score with the Quaffle; the Keeper guards the
goal posts; the Beaters keep the Bludgers away from their team," Harry
reeled off.
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''
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'' said
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"Very good," said Wood.
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said
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said Dumbledore
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"Er -- have the Bludgers ever killed anyone?"
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Dumbledore
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Dumbledore .
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Harry asked, hoping he
sounded offhand.
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.
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. ``
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"Never at Hogwarts.
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``
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`` We
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We've had a couple of broken jaws but nothing worse
than that.
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We
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We have
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Now, the last member of the team is the
Seeker.
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have
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have much
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That's you.
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much
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much to
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And you don't have to worry about the Quaffle or the
Bludgers unless they crack my head open."
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to
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to be
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"Don't worry, the Weasleys are more than a match for the Bludgers -- I
mean, they're like a pair of human Bludgers themselves."
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be
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be thankful
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Wood reached into the crate and took out the fourth and last ball.
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thankful
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thankful for
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Compared with the Quaffle and the Bludgers, it was tiny, about the size
of a large walnut.
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for
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for .
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It was bright gold and had little fluttering silver
wings.
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.
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. Would
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"This," said Wood, "is the Golden Snitch, and it's the most important
ball of the lot.
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Would
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Would you
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It's very hard to catch because it's so fast and
difficult to see.
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you
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you care
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It's the Seeker's job to catch it.
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care
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care for
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You've got to weave
in and out of the Chasers, Beaters, Bludgers, and Quaffle to get it
before the other team's Seeker, because whichever Seeker catches the
Snitch wins his team an extra hundred and fifty points, so they
nearly always win.
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for
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for a
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That's why Seekers get fouled so much.
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a
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a lemon
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A game of
Quidditch only ends when the Snitch is caught, so it can go on for ages
-- I think the record is three months, they had to keep bringing on
substitutes so the players could get some sleep.
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lemon
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lemon drop
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"Well, that's it -- any
questions?"
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drop
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drop ?
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Harry shook his head.
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?
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? ''
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He understood what he had to do all right, it was
doing it that was going to be the problem.
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''
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'' ``
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"We won't practice with the Snitch yet," said Wood, carefully shutting
it back inside the crate, "it's too dark, we might lose it.
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``
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`` A
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Let's try
you out with a few of these."
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A
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A what
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He pulled a bag of ordinary golf balls out of his pocket and a few
minutes later, he and Harry were up in the air, Wood throwing the golf
balls as hard as he could in every direction for Harry to catch.
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what
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what ?
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Harry didn't miss a single one, and Wood was delighted.
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?
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? ''
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After half an
hour, night had really fallen and they couldn't carry on.
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''
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'' ``
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"That Quidditch cup'll have our name on it this year," said Wood happily
as they trudged back up to the castle.
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``
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`` A
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