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He'd lost two points for Gryffindor in his very first week -- why did Snape hate him so much?
silver
silver cigarette
"Cheer up," said Ron, "Snape's always taking points off Fred and George.
cigarette
cigarette lighter
Can I come and meet Hagrid with you?"
lighter
lighter .
At five to three they left the castle and made their way across the grounds.
.
. He
Hagrid lived in a small wooden house on the edge of the forbidden forest.
He
He flicked
A crossbow and a pair of galoshes were outside the front door.
flicked
flicked it
When Harry knocked they heard a frantic scrabbling from inside and several booming barks.
it
it open
Then Hagrid's voice rang out, saying, "Back, Fang -- back."
open
open ,
Hagrid's big, hairy face appeared in the crack as he pulled the door open.
,
, held
"Hang on," he said.
held
held it
"Back, Fang."
it
it up
He let them in, struggling to keep a hold on the collar of an enormous black boarhound.
up
up in
There was only one room inside.
in
in the
Hams and pheasants were hanging from the ceiling, a copper kettle was boiling on the open fire, and in the corner stood a massive bed with a patchwork quilt over it.
the
the air
"Make yerselves at home," said Hagrid, letting go of Fang, who bounded straight at Ron and started licking his ears.
air
air ,
Like Hagrid, Fang was clearly not as fierce as he looked.
,
, and
"This is Ron," Harry told Hagrid, who was pouring boiling water into a large teapot and putting rock cakes onto a plate.
and
and clicked
"Another Weasley, eh?"
clicked
clicked it
said Hagrid, glancing at Ron's freckles.
it
it .
I spent half me life chasin' yer twin brothers away from the forest."
.
. The
The rock cakes were shapeless lumps with raisins that almost broke their teeth, but Harry and Ron pretended to be enjoying them as they told Hagrid all about their first -lessons.
The
The nearest
Fang rested his head on Harry's knee and drooled all over his robes.
nearest
nearest street
Harry and Ron were delighted to hear Hagrid call Fitch "that old git."
street
street lamp
"An' as fer that cat, Mrs. Norris, I'd like ter introduce her to Fang sometime.
lamp
lamp went
D'yeh know, every time I go up ter the school, she follows me everywhere?
went
went out
Can't get rid of her -- Fitch puts her up to it."
out
out with
Harry told Hagrid about Snape's lesson.
with
with a
Hagrid, like Ron, told Harry not to worry about it, that Snape liked hardly any of the students.
a
a little
"But he seemed to really hate me."
little
little pop
"Rubbish!"
pop
pop .
said Hagrid.
.
. He
"Why should he?"
He
He clicked
Yet Harry couldn't help thinking that Hagrid didn't quite meet his eyes when he said that.
clicked
clicked it
"How's yer brother Charlie?"
it
it again
Hagrid asked Ron.
again
again --
"I liked him a lot -- great with animals."
--
-- the
Harry wondered if Hagrid had changed the subject on purpose.
the
the next
While Ron told Hagrid all about Charlie's work with dragons, Harry picked up a piece of paper that was lying on the table under the tea cozy.
next
next lamp
It was a cutting from the Daily Prophet: GRINGOTTS BREAK-IN LATEST Investigations continue into the break-in at Gringotts on 31 July, widely believed to be the work of Dark wizards or witches unknown.
lamp
lamp flickered
Gringotts goblins today insisted that nothing had been taken.
flickered
flickered into
The vault that was searched had in fact been emptied the same day.
into
into darkness
"But we're not telling you what was in there, so keep your noses out if you know what's good for you," said a Gringotts spokesgoblin this afternoon.
darkness
darkness .
Harry remembered Ron telling him on the train that someone had tried to rob Gringotts, but Ron hadn't mentioned the date.
.
. Twelve
"Hagrid!"
Twelve
Twelve times
said Harry, "that Gringotts break-in happened on my birthday!
times
times he
It might've been happening while we were there!"
he
he clicked
There was no doubt about it, Hagrid definitely didn't meet Harry's eyes this time.
clicked
clicked the
He grunted and offered him another rock cake.
the
the Put-Outer
Harry read the story again.
Put-Outer
Put-Outer ,
The vault that was searched had in fact been emptied earlier that same day.
,
, until
Hagrid had emptied vault seven hundred and thirteen, if you could call it emptying, taking out that grubby little package.
until
until the
Had that been what the thieves were looking for?
the
the only
As Harry and Ron walked back to the castle for dinner, their pockets weighed down with rock cakes they'd been too polite to refuse, Harry thought that none of the lessons he'd had so far had given him as much to think about as tea with Hagrid.
only
only lights
Had Hagrid collected that package just in time?
lights
lights left
Where was it now?
left
left on
And did Hagrid know something about Snape that he didn't want to tell Harry?
on
on the
CHAPTER NINE THE MIDNIGHT DUEL Harry had never believed he would meet a boy he hated more than Dudley, but that was before he met Draco Malfoy.
the
the whole
Still, first-year Gryffindors only had Potions with the Slytherins, so they didn't have to put up with Malfoy much.
whole
whole street
Or at least, they didn't until they spotted a notice pinned up in the Gryffindor common room that made them all groan.
street
street were
Flying lessons would be starting on Thursday -- and Gryffindor and Slytherin would be learning together.
were
were two
"Typical," said Harry darkly.
two
two tiny
"Just what I always wanted.
tiny
tiny pinpricks
To make a fool of myself on a broomstick in front of Malfoy."
pinpricks
pinpricks in
He had been looking forward to learning to fly more than anything else.
in
in the
"You don't know that you'll make a fool of yourself," said Ron reasonably.
the
the distance
"Anyway, I know Malfoy's always going on about how good he is at Quidditch, but I bet that's all talk."
distance
distance ,
Malfay certainly did talk about flying a lot.
,
, which
He complained loudly about first years never getting on the house Quidditch teams and told long, boastful stories that always seemed to end with him narrowly escaping Muggles in helicopters.
which
which were
He wasn't the only one, though: the way Seamus Finnigan told it, he'd spent most of his childhood zooming around the countryside on his broomstick.
were
were the
Even Ron would tell anyone who'd listen about the time he'd almost hit a hang glider on Charlie's old broom.
the
the eyes
Everyone from wizarding families talked about Quidditch constantly.
eyes
eyes of
Ron had already had a big argument with Dean Thomas, who shared their dormitory, about soccer.
of
of the
Ron couldn't see what was exciting about a game with only one ball where no one was allowed to fly.
the
the cat
Harry had caught Ron prodding Dean's poster of West Ham soccer team, trying to make the players move.
cat
cat watching
Neville had never been on a broomstick in his life, because his grandmother had never let him near one.
watching
watching him
Privately, Harry felt she'd had good reason, because Neville managed to have an extraordinary number of accidents even with both feet on the ground.
him
him .
Hermione Granger was almost as nervous about flying as Neville was.
.
. If
This was something you couldn't learn by heart out of a book -- not that she hadn't tried.
If
If anyone
At breakfast on Thursday she bored them all stupid with flying tips she'd gotten out of a library book called Quidditch Through the Ages.
anyone
anyone looked
Neville was hanging on to her every word, desperate for anything that might help him hang on to his broomstick later, but everybody else was very pleased when Hermione's lecture was interrupted by the arrival of the mail.
looked
looked out
Harry hadn't had a single letter since Hagrid's note, something that Malfoy had been quick to notice, of course.
out
out of
Malfoy's eagle owl was always bringing him packages of sweets from home, which he opened gloatingly at the Slytherin table.
of
of their
A barn owl brought Neville a small package from his grandmother.
their
their window
He opened it excitedly and showed them a glass ball the size of a large marble, which seemed to be full of white smoke.
window
window now
"It's a Remembrall!"
now
now ,
he explained.
,
, even
"Gran knows I forget things -- this tells you if there's something you've forgotten to do.
even
even beady-eyed
Look, you hold it tight like this and if it turns red -- oh..." His face fell, because the Remembrall had suddenly glowed scarlet, "You've forgotten something..." Neville was trying to remember what he'd forgotten when Draco Malfoy, who was passing the Gryffindor table, snatched the Remembrall out of his hand.
beady-eyed
beady-eyed Mrs.
Harry and Ron jumped to their feet.
Mrs.
Mrs. Dursley
They were half hoping for a reason to fight Malfay, but Professor McGonagall, who could spot trouble quicker than any teacher in the school, was there in a flash.
Dursley
Dursley ,
"What's going on?"
,
, they
"Malfoy's got my Remembrall, Professor."
they
they would
Scowling, Malfoy quickly dropped the Remembrall back on the table.
would
would n't
"Just looking," he said, and he sloped away with Crabbe and Goyle behind him.
n't
n't be
At three-thirty that afternoon, Harry, Ron, and the other Gryffindors hurried down the front steps onto the grounds for their first flying lesson.
be
be able
It was a clear, breezy day, and the grass rippled under their feet as they marched down the sloping lawns toward a smooth, flat lawn on the opposite side of the grounds to the forbidden forest, whose trees were swaying darkly in the distance.
able
able to
The Slytherins were already there, and so were twenty broomsticks lying in neat lines on the ground.
to
to see
Harry had heard Fred and George Weasley complain about the school brooms, saying that some of them started to vibrate if you flew too high, or always flew slightly to the left.
see
see anything
Their teacher, Madam Hooch, arrived.
anything
anything that
She had short, gray hair, and yellow eyes like a hawk.
that
that was