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Dudley quickly found the largest snake in the place.
n't
n't realize
It could have wrapped its body twice around Uncle Vernon's car and crushed it into a trash can -- but at the moment it didn't look in the mood.
realize
realize what
In fact, it was fast asleep.
what
what he
Dudley stood with his nose pressed against the glass, staring at the glistening brown coils.
he
he had
"Make it move," he whined at his father.
had
had seen
Uncle Vernon tapped on the glass, but the snake didn't budge.
seen
seen --
"Do it again," Dudley ordered.
--
-- then
Uncle Vernon rapped the glass smartly with his knuckles, but the snake just snoozed on.
then
then he
"This is boring," Dudley moaned.
he
he jerked
He shuffled away.
jerked
jerked his
Harry moved in front of the tank and looked intently at the snake.
his
his head
He wouldn't have been surprised if it had died of boredom itself -- no company except stupid people drumming their fingers on the glass trying to disturb it all day long.
head
head around
It was worse than having a cupboard as a bedroom, where the only visitor was Aunt Petunia hammering on the door to wake you up; at least he got to visit the rest of the house.
around
around to
The snake suddenly opened its beady eyes.
to
to look
Slowly, very slowly, it raised its head until its eyes were on a level with Harry's.
look
look again
It winked.
again
again .
Harry stared.
.
. There
Then he looked quickly around to see if anyone was watching.
There
There was
They weren't.
was
was a
He looked back at the snake and winked, too.
a
a tabby
The snake jerked its head toward Uncle Vernon and Dudley, then raised its eyes to the ceiling.
tabby
tabby cat
It gave Harry a look that said quite plainly: "I get that all the time.
cat
cat standing
"I know," Harry murmured through the glass, though he wasn't sure the snake could hear him.
standing
standing on
"It must be really annoying."
on
on the
The snake nodded vigorously.
the
the corner
"Where do you come from, anyway?"
corner
corner of
Harry asked.
of
of Privet
The snake jabbed its tail at a little sign next to the glass.
Privet
Privet Drive
Harry peered at it.
Drive
Drive ,
Boa Constrictor, Brazil.
,
, but
"Was it nice there?"
but
but there
The boa constrictor jabbed its tail at the sign again and Harry read on: This specimen was bred in the zoo.
there
there was
"Oh, I see -- so you've never been to Brazil?"
was
was n't
As the snake shook its head, a deafening shout behind Harry made both of them jump.
n't
n't a
"DUDLEY!
a
a map
MR. DURSLEY!
map
map in
COME AND LOOK AT THIS SNAKE!
in
in sight
YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT IT'S DOING!"
sight
sight .
Dudley came waddling toward them as fast as he could.
.
. What
"Out of the way, you," he said, punching Harry in the ribs.
What
What could
Caught by surprise, Harry fell hard on the concrete floor.
could
could he
What came next happened so fast no one saw how it happened -- one second, Piers and Dudley were leaning right up close to the glass, the next, they had leapt back with howls of horror.
he
he have
Harry sat up and gasped; the glass front of the boa constrictor's tank had vanished.
have
have been
The great snake was uncoiling itself rapidly, slithering out onto the floor.
been
been thinking
People throughout the reptile house screamed and started running for the exits.
thinking
thinking of
As the snake slid swiftly past him, Harry could have sworn a low, hissing voice said, "Brazil, here I come.... Thanksss, amigo."
of
of ?
The keeper of the reptile house was in shock.
?
? It
"But the glass," he kept saying, "where did the glass go?"
It
It must
The zoo director himself made Aunt Petunia a cup of strong, sweet tea while he apologized over and over again.
must
must have
Piers and Dudley could only gibber.
have
have been
As far as Harry had seen, the snake hadn't done anything except snap playfully at their heels as it passed, but by the time they were all back in Uncle Vernon's car, Dudley was telling them how it had nearly bitten off his leg, while Piers was swearing it had tried to squeeze him to death.
been
been a
But worst of all, for Harry at least, was Piers calming down enough to say, "Harry was talking to it, weren't you, Harry?"
a
a trick
Uncle Vernon waited until Piers was safely out of the house before starting on Harry.
trick
trick of
He was so angry he could hardly speak.
of
of the
He managed to say, "Go -- cupboard -- stay -- no meals," before he collapsed into a chair, and Aunt Petunia had to run and get him a large brandy.
the
the light
Harry lay in his dark cupboard much later, wishing he had a watch.
light
light .
He didn't know what time it was and he couldn't be sure the Dursleys were asleep yet.
.
. Mr.
Until they were, he couldn't risk sneaking to the kitchen for some food.
Mr.
Mr. Dursley
He'd lived with the Dursleys almost ten years, ten miserable years, as long as he could remember, ever since he'd been a baby and his parents had died in that car crash.
Dursley
Dursley blinked
He couldn't remember being in the car when his parents had died.
blinked
blinked and
Sometimes, when he strained his memory during long hours in his cupboard, he came up with a strange vision: a blinding flash of green light and a burn- ing pain on his forehead.
and
and stared
This, he supposed, was the crash, though he couldn't imagine where all the green light came from.
stared
stared at
He couldn't remember his parents at all.
at
at the
His aunt and uncle never spoke about them, and of course he was forbidden to ask questions.
the
the cat
There were no photographs of them in the house.
cat
cat .
When he had been younger, Harry had dreamed and dreamed of some unknown relation coming to take him away, but it had never happened; the Dursleys were his only family.
.
. It
Yet sometimes he thought (or maybe hoped) that strangers in the street seemed to know him.
It
It stared
Very strange strangers they were, too.
stared
stared back
A tiny man in a violet top hat had bowed to him once while out shopping with Aunt Petunia and Dudley.
back
back .
After asking Harry furiously if he knew the man, Aunt Petunia had rushed them out of the shop without buying anything.
.
. As
A wild-looking old woman dressed all in green had waved merrily at him once on a bus.
As
As Mr.
A bald man in a very long purple coat had actually shaken his hand in the street the other day and then walked away without a word.
Mr.
Mr. Dursley
The weirdest thing about all these people was the way they seemed to vanish the second Harry tried to get a closer look.
Dursley
Dursley drove
At school, Harry had no one.
drove
drove around
Everybody knew that Dudley's gang hated that odd Harry Potter in his baggy old clothes and broken glasses, and nobody liked to disagree with Dudley's gang.
around
around the
CHAPTER THREE THE LETTERS FROM NO ONE The escape of the Brazilian boa constrictor earned Harry his longest-ever punishment.
the
the corner
By the time he was allowed out of his cupboard again, the summer holidays had started and Dudley had already broken his new video camera, crashed his remote control airplane, and, first time out on his racing bike, knocked down old Mrs. Figg as she crossed Privet Drive on her crutches.
corner
corner and
Harry was glad school was over, but there was no escaping Dudley's gang, who visited the house every single day.
and
and up
Piers, Dennis, Malcolm, and Gordon were all big and stupid, but as Dudley was the biggest and stupidest of the lot, he was the leader.
up
up the
The rest of them were all quite happy to join in Dudley's favorite sport: Harry Hunting.
the
the road
This was why Harry spent as much time as possible out of the house, wandering around and thinking about the end of the holidays, where he could see a tiny ray of hope.
road
road ,
When September came he would be going off to secondary school and, for the first time in his life, he wouldn't be with Dudley.
,
, he
Dudley had been accepted at Uncle Vernon's old private school, Smeltings.
he
he watched
Piers Polkiss was going there too.
watched
watched the
Harry, on the other hand, was going to Stonewall High, the local public school.
the
the cat
Dudley thought this was very funny.
cat
cat in
"They stuff people's heads down the toilet the first day at Stonewall," he told Harry.
in
in his
"Want to come upstairs and practice?"
his
his mirror
"No, thanks," said Harry.
mirror
mirror .
"The poor toilet's never had anything as horrible as your head down it -- it might be sick."
.
. It
Then he ran, before Dudley could work out what he'd said.
It
It was
One day in July, Aunt Petunia took Dudley to London to buy his Smeltings uniform, leaving Harry at Mrs. Figg's.
was
was now
Mrs. Figg wasn 't as bad as usual.
now
now reading
It turned out she'd broken her leg tripping over one of her cats, and she didn't seem quite as fond of them as before.
reading
reading the
She let Harry watch television and gave him a bit of chocolate cake that tasted as though she'd had it for several years.
the
the sign
That evening, Dudley paraded around the living room for the family in his brand-new uniform.
sign
sign that
Smeltings' boys wore maroon tailcoats, orange knickerbockers, and flat straw hats called boaters.
that
that said
They also carried knobbly sticks, used for hitting each other while the teachers weren't looking.
said
said Privet
This was supposed to be good training for later life.
Privet
Privet Drive
As he looked at Dudley in his new knickerbockers, Uncle Vernon said gruffly that it was the proudest moment of his life.
Drive
Drive --