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Could you get the Ridgeback up the tallest tower at midnight on
Saturday?
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Dumbledore
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Dumbledore ,
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They can meet you there and take him away while it's still
dark.
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,
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, sounding
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Send me an answer as soon as possible.
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sounding
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sounding relieved
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Love,
Charlie
They looked at one another.
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relieved
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relieved .
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"We've got the invisibility cloak," said Harry.
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.
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. ``
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"It shouldn't be too
difficult -- I think the cloaks big enough to cover two of us and
Norbert."
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``
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`` At
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It was a mark of how bad the last week had been that the other two
agreed with him.
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At
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At last
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Anything to get rid of Norbert -- and Malfoy.
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last
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last .
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There was a hitch.
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.
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. And
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By the next morning, Ron's bitten hand had swollen to
twice its usual size.
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And
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And where
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He didn't know whether it was safe to go to Madam
Pomfrey -- would she recognize a dragon bite?
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where
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where did
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By the afternoon, though,
he had no choice.
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did
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did you
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The cut had turned a nasty shade of green.
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you
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you get
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It looked
as if Norbert's fangs were poisonous.
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get
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get that
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Harry and Hermione rushed up to the hospital wing at the end of the day
to find Ron in a terrible state in bed.
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that
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that motorcycle
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"It's not just my hand," he whispered, "although that feels like it's
about to fall off.
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motorcycle
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motorcycle ?
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Malfoy told Madam Pomfrey he wanted to borrow one of
my books so he could come and have a good laugh at me.
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?
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? ''
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He kept
threatening to tell her what really bit me -- I've told her it was a
dog, but I don't think she believes me -I shouldn't have hit him at the
Quidditch match, that's why he's doing this."
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''
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'' ``
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Harry and Hermione tried to calm Ron down.
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``
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`` Borrowed
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"It'll all be over at midnight on Saturday," said Hermione, but this
didn't soothe Ron at all.
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Borrowed
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Borrowed it
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On the contrary, he sat bolt upright and broke
into a sweat.
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it
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it ,
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"Midnight on Saturday!"
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,
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, Professor
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he said in a hoarse voice.
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Professor
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Professor Dumbledore
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"Oh no oh no -- I've
just remembered -- Charlie's letter was in that book Malfoy took, he's
going to know we're getting rid of Norbert."
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Dumbledore
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Dumbledore ,
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Harry and Hermione didn't get a chance to answer.
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,
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, sit
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Madam Pomfrey came
over at that moment and made them leave, saying Ron needed sleep.
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sit
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sit ,
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"It's too late to change the plan now," Harry told Hermione.
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,
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, ''
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"We haven't
got time to send Charlie another owl, and this could be our only chance
to get rid of Norbert.
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''
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'' said
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We'll have to risk it.
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said
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said the
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And we have got the
invisibility cloak, Malfoy doesn't know about that."
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the
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the giant
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They found Fang, the boarhound, sitting outside with a bandaged tail
when they went to tell Hagrid, who opened a window to talk to them.
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giant
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giant ,
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"I won't let you in," he puffed.
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,
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, climbing
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"Norbert's at a tricky stage -- nothin'
I can't handle."
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climbing
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climbing carefully
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When they told him about Charlie's letter, his eyes filled with tears,
although that might have been because Norbert had just bitten him on the
leg.
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carefully
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carefully off
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"Aargh!
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off
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off the
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It's all right, he only got my boot -- jus' playin' -- he's only
a baby, after all."
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the
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the motorcycle
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The baby banged its tail on the wall, making the windows rattle.
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motorcycle
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motorcycle as
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Harry
and Hermione walked back to the castle feeling Saturday couldn't come
quickly enough.
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as
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as he
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They would have felt sorry for Hagrid when the time came for him to say
good-bye to Norbert if they hadn't been so worried about what they had
to do.
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he
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he spoke
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It was a very dark, cloudy night, and they were a bit late
arriving at Hagrid's hut because they'd had to wait for Peeves to get
out of their way in the entrance hall, where he'd been playing tennis
against the wall.
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spoke
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spoke .
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Hagrid had Norbert packed and ready in a large crate.
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.
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. ``
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"He's got lots o' rats an' some brandy fer the journey," said Hagrid in
a muffled voice.
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``
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`` Young
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"An' I've packed his teddy bear in case he gets
lonely."
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Young
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Young Sirius
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From inside the crate came ripping noises that sounded to Harry as
though the teddy was having his head torn off.
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Sirius
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Sirius Black
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"Bye-bye, Norbert!"
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Black
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Black lent
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Hagrid sobbed, as Harry and Hermione covered the
crate with the invisibility cloak and stepped underneath it themselves.
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lent
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lent it
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"Mommy will never forget you!"
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it
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it to
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How they managed to get the crate back up to the castle, they never
knew.
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to
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to me
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Midnight ticked nearer as they heaved Norbert up the marble
staircase in the entrance hall and along the dark corridors.
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me
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me .
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UP another
staircase, then another -- even one of Harry's shortcuts didn't make the
work much easier.
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.
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. I
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"Nearly there!"
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I
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I 've
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Harry panted as they reached the corridor beneath the
tallest tower.
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've
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've got
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Then a sudden movement ahead of them made them almost drop the crate.
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got
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got him
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Forgetting that they were already invisible, they shrank into the
shadows, staring at the dark outlines of two people grappling with each
other ten feet away.
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him
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him ,
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A lamp flared.
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,
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, sir
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Professor McGonagall, in a tartan bathrobe and a hair net, had Malfoy by
the ear.
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sir
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sir .
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"Detention!"
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.
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. ''
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she shouted.
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''
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'' ``
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"And twenty points from Slytherin!
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``
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`` No
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Wandering
around in the middle of the night, how dare you --"
"You don't understand, Professor.
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No
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No problems
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Harry Potter's coming -- he's got a
dragon!"
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problems
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problems ,
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"What utter rubbish!
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,
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, were
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How dare you tell such lies!
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were
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were there
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Come on -- I shall see
Professor Snape about you, Malfoy!"
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there
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there ?
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The steep spiral staircase up to the top of the tower seemed the easiest
thing in the world after that.
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?
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? ''
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Not until they'd stepped out into the
cold night air did they throw off the cloak, glad to be able to breathe
properly again.
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''
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'' ``
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Hermione did a sort of jig.
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``
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`` No
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"Malfoy's got detention!
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No
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No ,
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I could sing!"
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,
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, sir
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"Don't," Harry advised her.
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sir
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sir --
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Chuckling about Malfoy, they waited, Norbert thrashing about in his
crate.
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--
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-- house
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About ten minutes later, four broomsticks came swooping down out
of the darkness.
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house
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house was
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Charlie's friends were a cheery lot.
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was
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was almost
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They showed Harry and Hermione the
harness they'd rigged up, so they could suspend Norbert between them.
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almost
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almost destroyed
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They all helped buckle Norbert safely into it and then Harry and
Hermione shook hands with the others and thanked them very much.
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destroyed
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destroyed ,
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At last, Norbert was going... going... gone.
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,
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, but
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They slipped back down the spiral staircase, their hearts as light as
their hands, now that Norbert was off them.
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but
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but I
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No more dragon -- Malfoy in
detention -- what could spoil their happiness?
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I
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I got
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The answer to that was waiting at the foot of the stairs.
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got
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got him
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As they
stepped into the corridor, Filch's face loomed suddenly out of the
darkness.
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him
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him out
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"Well, well, well," he whispered, "we are in trouble."
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out
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out all
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They'd left the invisibility cloak on top of the tower.
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all
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all right
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN
THE FORIBIDDEN FOREST
Things couldn't have been worse.
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right
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right before
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Filch took them down to Professor McGonagall's study on the first floor,
where they sat and waited without saying a word to each other.
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before
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before the
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Hermione
was trembling.
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the
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the Muggles
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Excuses, alibis, and wild cover- up stories chased each
other around Harry's brain, each more feeble than the last.
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Muggles
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Muggles started
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He couldn't
see how they were going to get out of trouble this time.
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started
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started swarmin
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They were
cornered.
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swarmin
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swarmin '
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How could they have been so stupid as to forget the cloak?
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'
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' around
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There was no reason on earth that Professor McGonagall would accept for
their being out of bed and creeping around the school in the dead of
night, let alone being up the tallest astronomy tower, which was
out-of-bounds except for classes.
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around
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around .
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Add Norbert and the invisibility
cloak, and they might as well be packing their bags already.
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.
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. He
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Had Harry thought that things couldn't have been worse?
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He
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He fell
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He was wrong.
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fell
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fell asleep
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When Professor McGonagall appeared, she was leading Neville.
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asleep
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asleep as
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"Harry!"
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as
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as we
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Neville burst Out, the moment he saw the other two.
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we
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we was
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"I was
trying to find you to warn you, I heard Malfoy saying he was going to
catch you, he said you had a drag --"
Harry shook his head violently to shut Neville up, but Professor
McGonagall had seen.
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was
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was flyin
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She looked more likely to breathe fire than Norbert
as she towered over the three of them.
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flyin
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flyin '
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"I would never have believed it of any of you.
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'
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' over
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Mr. Filch says you were
up in the astronomy tower.
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over
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over Bristol
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