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The whole hall burst into applause as the hat finished its song.
and
and Mrs.
It bowed to each of the four tables and then became quite still again.
Mrs.
Mrs. Dursley
"So we've just got to try on the hat!"
Dursley
Dursley .
Ron whispered to Harry.
.
. The
"I'll kill Fred, he was going on about wrestling a troll."
The
The Potters
Harry.
Potters
Potters knew
smiled weakly.
knew
knew very
Yes, trying on the hat was a lot better than having to do a spell, but he did wish they could have tried it on without everyone watching.
very
very well
The hat seemed to be asking rather alot; Harry didn't feel brave or quick-witted or any of it at the moment.
well
well what
If only the hat had mentioned a house for people who felt a bit queasy, that would have been the one for him.
what
what he
Professor McGonagall now stepped forward holding a long roll of parchment.
he
he and
"When I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted," she said.
and
and Petunia
"Abbott, Hannah!"
Petunia
Petunia thought
A pink-faced girl with blonde pigtails stumbled out of line, put on the hat, which fell right down over her eyes, and sat down.
thought
thought about
A moments pause -- "HUFFLEPUFF!"
about
about them
shouted the hat.
them
them and
The table on the right cheered and clapped as Hannah went to sit down at the Hufflepuff table.
and
and their
Harry saw the ghost of the Fat Friar waving merrily at her.
their
their kind
"Bones, Susan!"
kind
kind ....
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
....
.... He
shouted the hat again, and Susan scuttled off to sit next to Hannah.
He
He could
"Boot, Terry!"
could
could n't
"RAVENCLAW!"
n't
n't see
The table second from the left clapped this time; several Ravenclaws stood up to shake hands with Terry as he joined them. "
see
see how
Brocklehurst, Mandy" went to Ravenclaw too, but "Brown, Lavender" became the first new Gryffindor, and the table on the far left exploded with cheers; Harry could see Ron's twin brothers catcalling.
how
how he
"Bulstrode, Millicent" then became a Slytherin.
he
he and
Perhaps it was Harry's imagination, after all he'd heard about Slytherin, but he thought they looked like an unpleasant lot.
and
and Petunia
He was starting to feel definitely sick now.
Petunia
Petunia could
He remembered being picked for teams during gym at his old school.
could
could get
He had always been last to be chosen, not because he was no good, but because no one wanted Dudley to think they liked him.
get
get mixed
"Finch-Fletchley, Justin!"
mixed
mixed up
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
up
up in
Sometimes, Harry noticed, the hat shouted out the house at once, but at others it took a little while to decide.
in
in anything
"Finnigan, Seamus," the sandy-haired boy next to Harry in the line, sat on the stool for almost a whole minute before the hat declared him a Gryffindor.
anything
anything that
"Granger, Hermione!"
that
that might
Hermione almost ran to the stool and jammed the hat eagerly on her head.
might
might be
"GRYFFINDOR!"
be
be going
shouted the hat.
going
going on
Ron groaned.
on
on --
A horrible thought struck Harry, as horrible thoughts always do when you're very nervous.
--
-- he
What if he wasn't chosen at all?
he
he yawned
What if he just sat there with the hat over his eyes for ages, until Professor McGonagall jerked it off his head and said there had obviously been a mistake and he'd better get back on the train?
yawned
yawned and
When Neville Longbottom, the boy who kept losing his toad, was called, he fell over on his way to the stool.
and
and turned
The hat took a long time to decide with Neville.
turned
turned over
When it finally shouted, "GRYFFINDOR," Neville ran off still wearing it, and had to jog back amid gales of laughter to give it to "MacDougal, Morag."
over
over --
Malfoy swaggered forward when his name was called and got his wish at once: the hat had barely touched his head when it screamed, "SLYTHERIN!"
--
-- it
Malfoy went to join his friends Crabbe and Goyle, looking pleased with himself.
it
it could
There weren't many people left now.
could
could n't
"Moon" "Nott" "Parkinson" then a pair of twin girls, "Patil" and "Patil" then "Perks, Sally-Anne" and then, at last -- "Potter, Harry!"
n't
n't affect
As Harry stepped forward, whispers suddenly broke out like little hissing fires all over the hall.
affect
affect them
"Potter, did she say?"
them
them ....
The Harry Potter?"
....
.... How
The last thing Harry saw before the hat dropped over his eyes was the hall full of people craning to get a good look at him.
How
How very
Next second he was looking at the black inside of the hat.
very
very wrong
He waited.
wrong
wrong he
Hmm," said a small voice in his ear.
he
he was
"Difficult.
was
was .
Very difficult.
.
. Mr.
Plenty of courage, I see.
Mr.
Mr. Dursley
Not a bad mind either.
Dursley
Dursley might
There's talent, A my goodness, yes -- and a nice thirst to prove yourself, now that's interesting....
might
might have
So where shall I put you?"
have
have been
Harry gripped the edges of the stool and thought, Not Slytherin, not Slytherin.
been
been drifting
"Not Slytherin, eh?"
drifting
drifting into
said the small voice.
into
into an
"Are you sure?
an
an uneasy
You could be great, you know, it's all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that -- no?
uneasy
uneasy sleep
Well, if you're sure -- better be GRYFFINDOR!"
sleep
sleep ,
Harry heard the hat shout the last word to the whole hall.
,
, but
He took off the hat and walked shakily toward the Gryffindor table.
but
but the
He was so relieved to have been chosen and not put in Slytherin, he hardly noticed that he was getting the loudest cheer yet.
the
the cat
Percy the Prefect got up and shook his hand vigorously, while the Weasley twins yelled, "We got Potter!
cat
cat on
We got Potter!"
on
on the
Harry sat down opposite the ghost in the ruff he'd seen earlier.
the
the wall
The ghost patted his arm, giving Harry the sudden, horrible feeling he'd just plunged it into a bucket of ice-cold water.
wall
wall outside
He could see the High Table properly now.
outside
outside was
At the end nearest him sat Hagrid, who caught his eye and gave him the thumbs up.
was
was showing
Harry grinned back.
showing
showing no
And there, in the center of the High Table, in a large gold chair, sat Albus Dumbledore.
no
no sign
Harry recognized him at once from the card he'd gotten out of the Chocolate Frog on the train.
sign
sign of
Dumbledore's silver hair was the only thing in the whole hall that shone as brightly as the ghosts.
of
of sleepiness
Harry spotted Professor Quirtell, too, the nervous young man from the Leaky Cauldron.
sleepiness
sleepiness .
He was looking very peculiar in a large purple turban.
.
. It
And now there were only three people left to be sorted.
It
It was
"Thomas, Dean," a Black boy even taller than Ron, joined Harry at the Gryffindor table.
was
was sitting
"Turpin, Lisa," became a Ravenclaw and then it was Ron's turn.
sitting
sitting as
He was pale green by now.
as
as still
Harry crossed his fingers under the table and a second later the hat had shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!"
still
still as
Harry clapped loudly with the rest as Ron collapsed into the chair next to him.
as
as a
"Well done, Ron, excellent," said Percy Weasley Pompously across Harry as "Zabini, Blaise," was made a Slytherin.
a
a statue
Professor McGonagall rolled up her scroll and took the Sorting Hat away.
statue
statue ,
Harry looked down at his empty gold plate.
,
, its
He had only just realized how hungry he was.
its
its eyes
The pumpkin pasties seemed ages ago.
eyes
eyes fixed
Albus Dumbledore had gotten to his feet.
fixed
fixed unblinkingly
He was beaming at the students, his arms opened wide, as if nothing could have pleased him more than to see them all there.
unblinkingly
unblinkingly on
"Welcome," he said.
on
on the
"Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts!
the
the far
Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words.
far
far corner
And here they are: Nitwit!
corner
corner of