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39; yer birthday cake,
her.”
”wizards have banks?”
”just the oblins.”
harry dropped the bit of sausage he was holding.
”goblins?”
”yeah -- so yehd be mad ter try an rob it, ill tell yeh
that. h goblins, harry. gringotts is the safest place
in the w yeh want ter keep safe -- cept maybe
hogwarts. as a matter o fact, i gotta visit gringotts anyway. fer
dumbledwarts business.” hagrid drew himself up proudly. ”he
usually gets me ter do important stuff fer him. fet you gettin
things frotts -- krust me, see.
”got everythin? e on, then.”
harry followed hagrid out ohe sky was quite
ow and the sea gleamed i. the boat un
had hired was still there, with a lot of water iom after
the storm.
”how did you get here?” harry asked, looking around for another
boat. ”flew,” said hagrid.
”flew?”
”yeah -- but well go ba this. not sppic
now ive got yeh.”
they settled dow, harry still staring at hagrid,
trying to imagine him flying.
”seems a shame ter row, though,” said hagrid, giving harry
another of his sideways looks. ”if i was ter -- er -- speed things
up a bit, would yeh miionin it at hogwarts?”
”of ot,” said harry, eager tic. hagrid
pulled out the pink umbrella agaiwi the side of
the boat, and they sped off toward land.
”why would you be mad to try and rotts?” harry asked.
”spells -- es,” said hagrid, unfolding his neer
as he spoke. ”they say theres dragons guardin the highsecurity
vaults. aa find yer way -- gringotts is hundreds
of miles under london, see. deep uhe underground. yehd die
of huryi, even if yeh did ma yer
hands on summat.”
harry sat and thought about this while hagrid read his
he daily prophet. harry had learned from un
that people liked to be left alohey did this, but it was
very difficult, hed never had so maions in his life.
”ministry o magi things up as usual,” hagrid muttered,
turning the page.
”theres a ministry of magic?” harry asked, before he could
stop himself.
”course,” said hagrid. ”they wanted dumbledore fer minister,
0 course, but hed never leave hogwarts, so old elius fudge
got the job. buhere was os dumbledore
with , askin fer advice.”
”but what does a ministry of magic do?”
”well, their main job is to keep it from the muggles that
theres still wit an dowry.”
”why?”
”why? blimey, harry, everyoned be wantin magis to
their problems. nah, were best left alone.”
at this mome bumped gently into the harbor
wall. hagrid folded up his hey clambered up the
stohe street.
passersby stared a lot at hagrid as they walked through the
little towion. harry t blame them. not only was
hagrid twice as tall as a pointily
s like parkiers and saying loudly, ”see that,
harry? things these muggles dream up, eh?”
”hagrid,” said harry, panting a bit as he ran to keep up,
”did you say there are dragotts?”
”well, so they say,” said hagrid. ”crikey, id like a dragon.”
”youd like one?”
”wanted one ever since i was a kid -- here we go.”
they had reached the statiorain to london in
five miime. hagrid, who didnt uand ”muggle money,” as
he called it, gave the bills to harry so he could buy their tickets.
people stared more thahe train. hagrid took up two
seats and sat knitting what looked like a ary-yellow t.