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"The Mirror will be moved to a new home tomorrow, Harry, and I ask you
not to go looking for it again.
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live
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live here
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If you ever do run across it, you will
now be prepared.
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here
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here !
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It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live,
remember that.
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!
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! ''
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Now, why don't you put that admirable cloak back on and
get off to bed?"
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''
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'' ``
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Harry stood up.
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``
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`` It
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"Sir -- Professor Dumbledore?
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It
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It 's
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Can I ask you something?"
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's
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's the
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"Obviously, you've just done so," Dumbledore smiled.
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the
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the best
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"You may ask me one
more thing, however."
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best
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best place
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"What do you see when you look in the mirror?"
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place
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place for
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"I?
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for
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for him
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I see myself holding a pair of thick, woolen socks."
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him
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him ,
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Harry stared.
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,
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, ''
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"One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore.
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''
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'' said
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"Another Christmas
has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair.
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said
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said Dumbledore
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People will insist on
giving me books."
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Dumbledore
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Dumbledore firmly
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It was only when he was back in bed that it struck Harry that Dumbledore
might not have been quite truthful.
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firmly
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firmly .
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But then, he thought, as he shoved
Scabbers off his pillow, it had been quite a personal question.
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.
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. ``
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN
NICOLAS FLAMEL
Dumbledore had convinced Harry not to go looking for the Mirror of
Erised again, and for the rest of the Christmas holidays the
invisibility cloak stayed folded at the bottom of his trunk.
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``
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`` His
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Harry
wished he could forget what he'd seen in the mirror as easily, but he
couldn't.
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His
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His aunt
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He started having nightmares.
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aunt
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aunt and
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Over and over again he dreamed
about his parents disappearing in a flash of green light, while a high
voice cackled with laughter.
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and
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and uncle
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"You see, Dumbledore was right, that mirror could drive you mad," said
Ron, when Harry told him about these drearns.
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uncle
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uncle will
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Hermione, who came back the day before term started, took a different
view of things.
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will
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will be
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She was torn between horror at the idea of Harry being
out of bed, roaming the school three nights in a row ("If Filch had
caught you!
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be
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be able
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"), and disappointment that he hadn't at least found out who
Nicolas Flamel was.
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able
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able to
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They had almost given up hope of ever finding Flamel in a li- brary
book, even though Harry was still sure he'd read the name somewhere.
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to
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to explain
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Once term had started, they were back to skimming through books for ten
minutes during their breaks.
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explain
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explain everything
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Harry had even less time than the other
two, because Quidditch practice had started again.
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everything
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everything to
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Wood was working the team harder than ever.
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to
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to him
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Even the endless rain that
had replaced the snow couldn't dampen his spirits.
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him
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him when
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The Weasleys
complained that Wood was becoming a fanatic, but Harry was on Wood's
side.
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when
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when he
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If they won their next match, against Hufflepuff, they would
overtake Slytherin in the house championship for the first time in seven
years.
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he
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he 's
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Quite apart from wanting to win, Harry found that he had fewer
nightmares when he was tired out after training.
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's
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's older
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Then, during one particularly wet and muddy practice session, Wood gave
the team a bit of bad news.
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older
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older .
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He'd just gotten very angry with the
Weasleys, who kept dive-bombing each other and pretending to fall off
their brooms.
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.
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. I
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"Will you stop messing around!"
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I
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I 've
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he yelled.
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've
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've written
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"That's exactly the sort of
thing that'll lose us the match!
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written
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written them
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Snape's refereeing this time, and he'll
be looking for any excuse to knock points off Gryffindor!"
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them
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them a
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George Weasley really did fall off his broom at these words.
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a
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a letter
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"Snape's refereeing?"
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letter
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letter .
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he spluttered through a mouthful of mud.
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.
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. ''
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"When's
he ever refereed a Quidditch match?
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''
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'' ``
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He's not going to be fair if we
might overtake Slytherin."
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``
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`` A
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The rest of the team landed next to George to complain, too.
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A
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A letter
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"It's not my fault," said Wood.
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letter
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letter ?
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"We've just got to make sure we play a
clean game, so Snape hasn't got an excuse to pick on us."
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?
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? ''
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Which was all very well, thought Harry, but he had another reason for
not wanting Snape near him while he was playing Quidditch....
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''
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'' repeated
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The rest of the team hung back to talk to one another as usual at the
end of practice, but Harry headed straight back to the Gryffindor common
room, where he found Ron and Hermione playing chess.
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repeated
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repeated Professor
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Chess was the only
thing Hermione ever lost at, something Harry and Ron thought was very
good for her.
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Professor
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Professor McGonagall
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"Don't talk to me for a moment," said Ron when Harry sat down next to
him, "I need to concen --" He caught sight of Harry's face.
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McGonagall
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McGonagall faintly
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"What's the
matter with you?
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faintly
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faintly ,
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You look terrible."
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,
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, sitting
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Speaking quietly so that no one else would hear, Harry told the other
two about Snape's sudden, sinister desire to be a Quidditch referee.
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sitting
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sitting back
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"Don't play," said Hermione at once.
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back
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back down
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"Say you're ill," said Ron.
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down
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down on
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"Pretend to break your leg," Hermione suggested.
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on
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on the
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"Really break your leg," said Ron.
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the
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the wall
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"I can't," said Harry.
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wall
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wall .
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"There isn't a reserve Seeker.
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.
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. ``
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If I back out,
Gryffindor can't play at all."
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``
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`` Really
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At that moment Neville toppled into the common room.
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Really
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Really ,
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How he had managed
to climb through the portrait hole was anyone's guess, because his legs
had been stuck together with what they recognized at once as the
Leg-Locker Curse.
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,
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, Dumbledore
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He must have had to bunny hop all the way up to
Gryffindor tower.
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Dumbledore
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Dumbledore ,
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Everyone fell over laughing except Hermione, who leapt up and performed
the countercurse.
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,
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, you
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Neville's legs sprang apart and he got to his feet,
trembling.
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you
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you think
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"What happened?"
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think
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think you
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Hermione asked him, leading him over to sit
with Harry and Ron.
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you
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you can
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"Malfoy," said Neville shakily.
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can
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can explain
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"I met him outside the library.
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explain
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explain all
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He said
he'd been looking for someone to practice that on."
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all
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all this
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"Go to Professor McGonagall!"
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this
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this in
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Hermione urged Neville.
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in
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in a
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"Report him!"
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a
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a letter
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Neville shook his head.
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letter
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letter ?
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"I don't want more trouble," he mumbled.
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?
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? These
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"You've got to stand up to him, Neville!"
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These
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These people
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said Ron.
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people
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people will
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"He's used to
walking all over people, but that's no reason to lie down in front of
him and make it easier."
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will
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will never
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"There's no need to tell me I'm not brave enough to be in Gryffindor,
Malfoy's already done that," Neville choked out.
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never
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never understand
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Harry felt in the pocket of his robes and pulled out a Chocolate Frog,
the very last one from the box Hermione had given him for Christmas.
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understand
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understand him
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He
gave it to Neville, who looked as though he might cry.
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him
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him !
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"You're worth twelve of Malfoy," Harry said.
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!
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! He
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"The Sorting Hat chose you
for Gryffindor, didn't it?
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He
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He 'll
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And where's Malfoy?
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'll
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'll be
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In stinking Slytherin."
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be
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be famous
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Neville's lips twitched in a weak smile as he unwrapped the frog.
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famous
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famous --
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"Thanks, Harry...
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--
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-- a
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I think I'll go to bed.... D'you want the card, you
collect them, don't you?"
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a
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a legend
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As Neville walked away, Harry looked at the Famous Wizard card.
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legend
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legend --
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"Dumbledore again," he said, "He was the first one I ever-"
He gasped.
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--
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-- I
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He stared at the back of the card.
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I
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I would
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Then he looked up at Ron
and Hermione.
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would
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would n't
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"I've found him!"
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n't
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n't be
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he whispered.
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be
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be surprised
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"I've found Flamel!
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surprised
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surprised if
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I told you I'd read
the name somewhere before, I read it on the train coming here -- listen
to this: 'Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark
wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of
dragon's blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas
Flamel'!"
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if
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if today
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Hermione jumped to her feet.
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today
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today was
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She hadn't looked so excited since they'd
gotten back the marks for their very first piece of homework.
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was
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was known
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