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you soon. harry potter.” it wasnt a question. ”you have your

mothers eyes. it seems oerday she was in here herself,

buyi wand. ten and a quarter ing, swishy,

made of and for charm work.”

mr. ollivander moved closer to harry. harry wished he would

blink. those silvery eyes were a bit creepy.

”your father, oher hand, favored a mahogany

wand. eleven inches. pliable. a little more power a for

transfiguration. well, i say your father favored it -- its really

the wand that chooses the wizard, of course.”

mr. ollivander had e so close that he and harry were almost

o nose. harry could see himself refle those misty eyes.

”and thats where...”

mr. ollivaouched the lightning s harrys forehead

with a long, white finger.

”im sorry to say i sold the wand that did it,” he said

softly. ”thirteen-and-a-half inches. yeand, very

powerful, and in the wrong hands... well, if id known what that

wand was going out io do....”

he shook his head ao harrys relief, spotted hagrid.

”rubeus! rubeus hagrid! how o see you again.... oak,

sixteeher bendy, wasnt it?”

”it was, sir, yes,” said hagrid.

”good wand, that o i suppose they s in half

when you got expelled?” said mr. ollivander, suddenly stern.

”er -- yes, they did, yes,” said hagrid, shuffling his

feet. ”ive still got the pieces, though,” he added brightly.

”but you dont use them?” said mr. ollivander sharply.

”oh, no, sit,” said hagrid quickly. harry noticed he gripped

his pink umbrella very tightly as he spoke.

”hmmm,” said mr. hagrid a pierg

look. ”well, now -- mr. potter. let me see.” he pulled a long tape

measure with silver markings out of his pocket. ”which is your

wand arm?”

”er -- well, im right-handed,” said harry.

”hold out your arm. thats it.” he measured harry from shoulder

to fio elbow, shoulder to floor, ko armpit

and round his head. as he measured, he said, ”every ollivander

wand has a core ical substater. we

use uni hairs, phoenix tail feathers, arings

ons. no two ollivander wahe same, just as no two

unis, dragons, or phoehe same. and of course,

you will such good results with another wizards wand.”

harry suddehat the tape measure, which

was measuriween his nostrils, was doing this on its

own. mr. ollivander was flitting arouaking down

boxes.

”that will do,” he said, aape measure crumpled into a

heap on the flht then, mr. potter. try this one. beechwood

and drag. nine inid flexible. just take

it a a wave.”

harry took the wand and (feeling foolish) waved it around a bit,

but mr. ollivached it out of his hand almost at once.

”maple aher. sevee whippy. try --”

harry tried -- but he had hardly raised the waoo,

was snatched back by mr. ollivander.

”no, no -here, ebony and uni hair, eight and a half inches,

springy. go on, go on, try it out.”

harry tried. and tried. he had mr. ollivander was

waiting for. the pile of tried wands was mounting higher and higher

on the spindly chair, but the more wands mr. ollivander pulled from

the shelves, the happier he seemed to bee.

”trier, eh? not to worry, well fi

matewhere -- i wonder, now - - yes, why not -- unusual

bination -- holly aher, eleven inice

and supple.”

harry took the wa a sudden warmth in his fingers. he

raised the wand above his head, brought it swishing dh the

dusty air and a stream old sparks shot from the end like

a firew dang spots of light on to the walls. hagrid

ed and mr. ollivander cried, ”oh, bravo! yes,

indeed, ood. ell... how curious... how very

curi