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Please find enclosed a list of all
necessary books and equipment.
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the
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the bakery
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Term begins on September 1.
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bakery
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bakery .
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We await your owl by no later than July 31.
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.
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. He
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Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall,
Deputy Headmistress
Questions exploded inside Harry's head like fireworks and he couldn't
decide which to ask first.
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He
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He 'd
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After a few minutes he stammered, "What does
it mean, they await my owl?"
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'd
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'd forgotten
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"Gallopin' Gorgons, that reminds me," said Hagrid, clapping a hand to
his forehead with enough force to knock over a cart horse, and from yet
another pocket inside his overcoat he pulled an owl -- a real, live,
rather ruffled-looking owl -- a long quill, and a roll of parchment.
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forgotten
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forgotten all
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With his tongue between his teeth he scribbled a note that Harry could
read upside down:
Dear Professor Dumbledore,
Given Harry his letter.
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all
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all about
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Taking him to buy his things tomorrow.
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about
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about the
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Weather's horrible.
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the
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the people
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Hope you're Well.
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people
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people in
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Hagrid
Hagrid rolled up the note, gave it to the owl, which clamped it in its
beak, went to the door, and threw the owl out into the storm.
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in
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in cloaks
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Then he
came back and sat down as though this was as normal as talking on the
telephone.
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cloaks
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cloaks until
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Harry realized his mouth was open and closed it quickly.
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until
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until he
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"Where was I?"
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he
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he passed
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said Hagrid, but at that moment, Uncle Vernon, still
ashen-faced but looking very angry, moved into the firelight.
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passed
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passed a
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"He's not going," he said.
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a
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a group
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Hagrid grunted.
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group
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group of
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"I'd like ter see a great Muggle like you stop him," he said.
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of
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of them
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"A what?"
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them
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them next
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said Harry, interested.
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next
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next to
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"A Muggle," said Hagrid, "it's what we call nonmagic folk like thern.
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to
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to the
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An' it's your bad luck you grew up in a family o' the biggest Muggles I
ever laid eyes on."
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the
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the baker
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"We swore when we took him in we'd put a stop to that rubbish," said
Uncle Vernon, "swore we'd stamp it out of him!
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baker
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baker 's
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Wizard indeed!"
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's
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's .
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"You knew?"
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.
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. He
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said Harry.
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He
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He eyed
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"You knew I'm a -- a wizard?"
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eyed
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eyed them
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"Knew!"
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them
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them angrily
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shrieked Aunt Petunia suddenly.
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angrily
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angrily as
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"Knew!
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as
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as he
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Of course we knew!
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he
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he passed
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How
could you not be, my dratted sister being what she was?
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passed
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passed .
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Oh, she got a
letter just like that and disappeared off to that-that school-and came
home every vacation with her pockets full of frog spawn, turning teacups
into rats.
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.
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. He
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I was the only one who saw her for what she was -- a freak!
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He
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He did
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But for my mother and father, oh no, it was Lily this and Lily that,
they were proud of having a witch in the family!"
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did
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did n't
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She stopped to draw a deep breath and then went ranting on.
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n't
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n't know
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It seemed
she had been wanting to say all this for years.
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know
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know why
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"Then she met that Potter at school and they left and got married and
had you, and of course I knew you'd be just the same, just as strange,
just as -- as -- abnormal -- and then, if you please, she went and got
herself blown up and we got landed with you!"
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why
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why ,
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Harry had gone very white.
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,
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, but
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As soon as he found his voice he said, "Blown
up?
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but
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but they
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You told me they died in a car crash!"
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they
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they made
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"CAR CRASH!"
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made
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made him
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roared Hagrid, jumping up so angrily that the Dursleys
scuttled back to their corner.
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him
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him uneasy
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"How could a car crash kill Lily an'
James Potter?
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uneasy
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uneasy .
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It's an outrage!
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.
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. This
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A scandal!
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This
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This bunch
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Harry Potter not knowin' his
own story when every kid in our world knows his name!"
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bunch
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bunch were
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"But why?
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were
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were whispering
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What
happened?"
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whispering
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whispering excitedly
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Harry asked urgently.
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excitedly
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excitedly ,
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The anger faded from Hagrid's face.
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,
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, too
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He looked suddenly anxious.
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too
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too ,
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"I never expected this," he said, in a low, worried voice.
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,
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, and
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"I had no
idea, when Dumbledore told me there might be trouble gettin' hold of
yeh, how much yeh didn't know.
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and
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and he
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Ah, Harry, I don' know if I'm the right
person ter tell yeh -- but someone 3 s gotta -- yeh can't go off ter
Hogwarts not knowin'."
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he
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he could
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He threw a dirty look at the Dursleys.
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could
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could n't
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"Well, it's best yeh know as much as I can tell yeh -- mind, I can't
tell yeh everythin', it's a great myst'ry, parts of it...."
He sat down, stared into the fire for a few seconds, and then said, "It
begins, I suppose, with -- with a person called -- but it's incredible
yeh don't know his name, everyone in our world knows --"
"Who? "
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n't
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n't see
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"Well -- I don' like sayin' the name if I can help it.
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see
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see a
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No one does."
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a
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a single
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"Why not?"
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single
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single collecting
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"Gulpin' gargoyles, Harry, people are still scared.
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collecting
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collecting tin
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Blimey, this is
difficult.
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tin
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tin .
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See, there was this wizard who went... bad.
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.
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. It
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As bad as you
could go.
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It
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It was
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Worse.
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was
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was on
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Worse than worse.
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on
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on his
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His name was..."
Hagrid gulped, but no words came out.
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his
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his way
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"Could you write it down?"
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way
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way back
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Harry suggested.
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back
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back past
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"Nah -can't spell it.
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past
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past them
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All right -- Voldemort. "
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them
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them ,
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Hagrid shuddered.
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,
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, clutching
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"Don'
make me say it again.
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clutching
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clutching a
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Anyway, this -- this wizard, about twenty years
ago now, started lookin' fer followers.
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a
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a large
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Got 'em, too -- some were
afraid, some just wanted a bit o' his power, 'cause he was gettin'
himself power, all right.
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large
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large doughnut
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Dark days, Harry.
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doughnut
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doughnut in
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Didn't know who ter trust,
didn't dare get friendly with strange wizards or witches... terrible
things happened.
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in
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in a
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He was takin' over.
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a
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a bag
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'Course, some stood up to him --
an' he killed 'em.
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bag
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bag ,
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Horribly.
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,
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, that
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One o' the only safe places left was
Hogwarts.
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that
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that he
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Reckon Dumbledore's the only one You-Know-Who was afraid of.
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he
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he caught
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Didn't dare try takin' the school, not jus' then, anyway.
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caught
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caught a
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"Now, yer mum an' dad were as good a witch an' wizard as I ever knew.
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a
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a few
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Head boy an' girl at Hogwarts in their day!
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few
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few words
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Suppose the myst'ry is why
You-Know-Who never tried to get 'em on his side before... probably knew
they were too close ter Dumbledore ter want anythin' ter do with the
Dark Side.
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words
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words of
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"Maybe he thought he could persuade 'em... maybe he just wanted 'em
outta the way.
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of
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of what
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All anyone knows is, he turned up in the village where
you was all living, on Halloween ten years ago.
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what
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what they
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You was just a year old.
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they
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they were
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He came ter yer house an' -- an' --"
Hagrid suddenly pulled out a very dirty, spotted handkerchief and blew
his nose with a sound like a foghorn.
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were
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were saying
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"Sorry," he said.
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saying
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saying .
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"But it's that sad -- knew yer mum an' dad, an' nicer
people yeh couldn't find -- anyway..."
"You-Know-Who killed 'em.
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.
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. ``
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An' then -- an' this is the real myst'ry of
the thing -- he tried to kill you, too.
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``
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`` The
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Wanted ter make a clean job of
it, I suppose, or maybe he just liked killin' by then.
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The
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The Potters
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But he couldn't
do it.
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Potters
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Potters ,
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Never wondered how you got that mark on yer forehead?
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,
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, that
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That was no
ordinary cut.
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that
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that 's
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That's what yeh get when a Powerful, evil curse touches
yeh -- took care of yer mum an' dad an' yer house, even -- but it didn't
work on you, an' that's why yer famous, Harry.
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's
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's right
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No one ever lived after
he decided ter kill 'em, no one except you, an' he'd killed some o' the
best witches an' wizards of the age -- the McKinnons, the Bones, the
Prewetts -- an' you was only a baby, an' you lived."
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right
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right ,
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Something very painful was going on in Harry's mind.
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,
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, that
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