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”asked him. saw his scar. its really there - like lightning.”

”poor dear - no wonder he was alone, i wondered. he was ever

so polite wheo get oform.”

”hat, do you think he remembers what you-know-who

looks like?”

their mother suddeern.

”i forbid you to ask him, fred. no, dont you dare. as though

he needs reminding of that on his first day at school.”

”all right, keep your hair on.”

a whistle sounded.

”hurry up!” their mother said, ahree boys clambered

ohey lea of the window for her to kiss them

good-bye, and their youo cry.

”dont, ginny, well send you loads of owls.”

”well send you a hogwarts toilet seat.”

”gee!”

”only joking, mom.”

the traio move. harry saw the boys m and

their sister, half laughing, half g, runh the

train until it gathered too much speed, then she fell bad waved.

harry watched the girl aher disappear as the train

rouhe er. houses flashed past the window. harry felt a

great leap of ext. he didnt knoas going to but

it had to be better than what he was leaving behind.

the door of the ent slid ope redheaded

boy .

”aing there?” he asked, pointi opposite

harry. ”everywhere else is full.”

harry shook his head a down. he gla harry

and then looked quickly out of the wiending he hadnt

looked. harry saw he still had a bla his nose.

”hey, ron.”

the twins were back.

”listen, were going down the middle of the train -- lee jordans

got a giant tarantula down there.”

”right,” mumbled ron.

”harry,” said the other twiroduce ourselves? fred

and gee weasley. and this is ron, our brother. see you later,

then.

”bye,” said harry and rowins slid the ent door

shut behind them.

”are you really harry potter?” ro.

harry nodded.

”oh -well, i thought it might be ees jokes,”

said ron. ”and have yot -- you know...”

he poi harrys forehead.

harry pulled bags to show the lightning s

stared.

”so thats where you-know-who

”yes,” said harry, ”but i t remember it.”

”nothing?” said ron eagerly.

”well -- i remember a lht, but nothing else.”

”wow,” said ro a harry for a few moments,

then, as though he had suddenly realized what he was doing, he

looked quickly out of the window again.

”are all your family wizards?” asked harry, who found ron just

as iing as ron found him.

”er -- yes, i think so,” said ron. ”i think moms got a sed

whos an at, but we alk about him.”

”so you must know loads of magic already.”

the weasleys were e of those families

the pale boy in diagoalked about.

”i heard you weh muggles,” said ron. ”what are

they like?”

”horrible -well, not all of them. my aunt and und

are, though. wish id had three wizard brothers.”

”five,” said ron. for some reason, he was looking gloomy. ”im

the sixth in our family to go to hogwarts. you could say ive got

a lot to live up to. bill and charlie have already left -- bill

was head boy aain of quidditow percys

a prefect. fred and gee mess around a lot, but they still get

really good marks ahinks theyre really funny. everyone

expects me to do as well as the others, but if i do, its no big

deal, because they did it first. yet aher,

with five brothers. ive got bills old robes, charlies old wand,

and percys old rat.”

ron r