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"So you must know loads of magic already."
nervously
nervously .
The Weasleys were clearly one of those old wizarding families the pale boy in Diagon Alley had talked about.
.
. ``
"I heard you went to live with Muggles," said Ron.
``
`` Er
"What are they like?"
Er
Er --
"Horrible -well, not all of them.
--
-- Petunia
My aunt and uncle and cousin are, though.
Petunia
Petunia ,
Wish I'd had three wizard brothers."
,
, dear
"Five," said Ron.
dear
dear --
For some reason, he was looking gloomy.
--
-- you
"I'm the sixth in our family to go to Hogwarts.
you
you have
You could say I've got a lot to live up to.
have
have n't
Bill and Charlie have already left -- Bill was head boy and Charlie was captain of Quidditch.
n't
n't heard
Now Percy's a prefect.
heard
heard from
Fred and George mess around a lot, but they still get really good marks and everyone thinks they're really funny.
from
from your
Everyone expects me to do as well as the others, but if I do, it's no big deal, because they did it first.
your
your sister
You never get anything new, either, with five brothers.
sister
sister lately
I've got Bill's old robes, Charlie's old wand, and Percy's old rat."
lately
lately ,
Ron reached inside his jacket and pulled out a fat gray rat, which was asleep.
,
, have
"His name's Scabbers and he's useless, he hardly ever wakes up.
have
have you
Percy got an owl from my dad for being made a prefect, but they couldn't aff -- I mean, I got Scabbers instead."
you
you ?
Ron's ears went pink.
?
? ''
He seemed to think he'd said too much, because he went back to staring out of the window.
''
'' As
Harry didn't think there was anything wrong with not being able to afford an owl.
As
As he
After all, he'd never had any money in his life until a month ago, and he told Ron so, all about having to wear Dudley's old clothes and never getting proper birthday presents.
he
he had
This seemed to cheer Ron up.
had
had expected
"... and until Hagrid told me, I didn't know anything about be ing a wizard or about my parents or Voldemort" Ron gasped.
expected
expected ,
"What?"
,
, Mrs.
said Harry.
Mrs.
Mrs. Dursley
"You said You-Know-Who's name!"
Dursley
Dursley looked
said Ron, sounding both shocked and impressed.
looked
looked shocked
"I'd have thought you, of all people --" "I'm not trying to be brave or anything, saying the name," said Harry, I just never knew you shouldn't.
shocked
shocked and
See what I mean?
and
and angry
I've got loads to learn....
angry
angry .
I bet," he added, voicing for the first time something that had been worrying him a lot lately, "I bet I'm the worst in the class."
.
. After
"You won't be.
After
After all
There's loads of people who come from Muggle families and they learn quick enough."
all
all ,
While they had been talking, the train had carried them out of London.
,
, they
Now they were speeding past fields full of cows and sheep.
they
they normally
They were quiet for a time, watching the fields and lanes flick past.
normally
normally pretended
Around half past twelve there was a great clattering outside in the corridor and a smiling, dimpled woman slid back their door and said, "Anything off the cart, dears?"
pretended
pretended she
Harry, who hadn't had any breakfast, leapt to his feet, but Ron's ears went pink again and he muttered that he'd brought sandwiches.
she
she did
Harry went out into the corridor.
did
did n't
He had never had any money for candy with the Dursleys, and now that he had pockets rattling with gold and silver he was ready to buy as many Mars Bars as he could carry -- but the woman didn't have Mars Bars.
n't
n't have
What she did have were Bettie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, Chocolate Frogs.
have
have a
Pumpkin Pasties, Cauldron Cakes, Licorice Wands, and a number of other strange things Harry had never seen in his life.
a
a sister
Not wanting to miss anything, he got some of everything and paid the woman eleven silver Sickles and seven bronze Knuts.
sister
sister .
Ron stared as Harry brought it all back in to the compartment and tipped it onto an empty seat.
.
. ``
"Hungry, are you?"
``
`` No
"Starving," said Harry, taking a large bite out of a pumpkin pasty.
No
No ,
Ron had taken out a lumpy package and unwrapped it.
,
, ''
There were four sandwiches inside.
''
'' she
He pulled one of them apart and said, "She always forgets I don't like corned beef."
she
she said
"Swap you for one of these," said Harry, holding up a pasty.
said
said sharply
"Go on --" "You don't want this, it's all dry," said Ron.
sharply
sharply .
"She hasn't got much time," he added quickly, "you know, with five of us."
.
. ``
"Go on, have a pasty," said Harry, who had never had anything to share before or, indeed, anyone to share it with.
``
`` Why
It was a nice feeling, sitting there with Ron, eating their way through all Harry's pasties, cakes, and candies (the sandwiches lay forgotten).
Why
Why ?
"What are these?"
?
? ''
Harry asked Ron, holding up a pack of Chocolate Frogs.
''
'' ``
"They're not really frogs, are they?"
``
`` Funny
He was starting to feel that nothing would surprise him.
Funny
Funny stuff
"No," said Ron.
stuff
stuff on
"But see what the card is.
on
on the
I'm missing Agrippa."
the
the news
"What?"
news
news ,
"Oh, of course, you wouldn't know -- Chocolate Frogs have cards, inside them, you know, to collect -- famous witches and wizards.
,
, ''
I've got about five hundred, but I haven't got Agrippa or Ptolemy."
''
'' Mr.
Harry unwrapped his Chocolate Frog and picked up the card.
Mr.
Mr. Dursley
It showed a man's face.
Dursley
Dursley mumbled
He wore half- moon glasses, had a long, crooked nose, and flowing silver hair, beard, and mustache.
mumbled
mumbled .
Underneath the picture was the name Albus Dumbledore.
.
. ``
"So this is Dumbledore!"
``
`` Owls
said Harry.
Owls
Owls ...
"Don't tell me you'd never heard of Dumbledore!"
...
... shooting
said Ron.
shooting
shooting stars
"Can I have a frog?
stars
stars ...
I might get Agrippa -- thanks Harry turned over his card and read: ALBUS DUMBLEDORE CURRENTLY HEADMASTER OF HOGWARTS Considered by many the greatest wizard of modern times, 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.
...
... and
Professor Dumbledore enjoys chamber music and tenpin bowling.
and
and there
Harry turned the card back over and saw, to his astonishment, that Dumbledore's face had disappeared.
there
there were
"He's gone!"
were
were a
"Well, you can't expect him to hang around all day," said Ron.
a
a lot
"He'll be back.
lot
lot of
No, I've got Morgana again and I've got about six of her... do you want it?
of
of funny-looking
You can start collecting."
funny-looking
funny-looking people
Ron's eyes strayed to the pile of Chocolate Frogs waiting to be unwrapped.
people
people in
"Help yourself," said Harry.
in
in town
"But in, you know, the Muggle world, people just stay put in photos."
town
town today
"Do they?
today
today ...
What, they don't move at all?"
...
... ''
Ron sounded amazed.
''
'' ''
"weird!"
''
'' So
Harry stared as Dumbledore sidled back into the picture on his card and gave him a small smile.
So
So ?
Ron was more interested in eating the frogs than looking at the Famous Witches and Wizards cards, but Harry couldn't keep his eyes off them.
?
? ''
Soon he had not only Dumbledore and Morgana, but Hengist of Woodcroft, Alberic Grunnion, Circe, Paracelsus, and Merlin.
''
'' snapped
He finally tore his eyes away from the druidess Cliodna, who was scratching her nose, to open a bag of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans.
snapped
snapped Mrs.
"You want to be careful with those," Ron warned Harry.
Mrs.
Mrs. Dursley
"When they say every flavor, they mean every flavor -- you know, you get all the ordinary ones like chocolate and peppermint and mar- malade, but then you can get spinach and liver and tripe.
Dursley
Dursley .
George reckons he had a booger- flavored one once."
.
. ``
Ron picked up a green bean, looked at it carefully, and bit into a corner.
``
`` Well
"Bleaaargh -- see?
Well
Well ,