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ous... ”

he put harrys wand bato its box a in brown

paper, still muttering, ”curious... curious..

”sorry,” said harry, ”but whats curious?”

mr. ollivander fixed harry with his pale stare.

”i remember every wand ive ever sold, mr. potter. every single

wand. it so happens that the phoeail feather is in your

waher feather -- just o is very curious

i you should be destihis was brother

why, its brave you that scar.”

harry swallowed.

”yes, thirteen-and-a-half inches. yew. deed how these

thihe wahe wizard, remember.... i think

we must expect great things from you, mr. potter.... after all, he-

who-must-not-be-named did great things -- terrible, yes, but great.”

harry shivered. he wasnt sure he liked mr. ollivaoo

much. he paid seven gold galleons for his wand, and mr. ollivander

bowed them from his shop.

the late afternoon sun hung low in the sky as harry and hagrid

made their way ba diagohrough the wall, back

through the leaky pty. harry didnt speak at all

as they walked down the road; he didiuch people

were gawkihe undergrouhey were with all

their funny-shaped packages, with the sno in its

harrys lap. up aor, out into paddington station; harry

only realized where they were ed him on the shoulder.

”got time fer a bite to eat before yer train leaves,” he said.

he bought harry a hamburger a down on plastic seats

to eat them. harry kept looking ar looked se,

somehow.

”yht, harry? yer very quiet,” said hagrid.

harry wasnt sure he could explain. hed just had the best

birthday of his life -- a -- he chewed his hamburger, trying

to find the words.

”everyohinks im special,” he said at last. ”all those people

in the leaky , professor quirrell, mr. olliva i

dont know anything about magic at all. how they expect great

things? im famous and i t eve im famous for. i

dont knoened when vol-, sorry -- i mea my

parents died.”

hagrid leaned across the table. behind the wild beard and

eyebrows he wore a very kind smile.

”don you worry, harry. youll learn fast enough. everyone

starts at the beginning at hogwarts, youll be just fi

be yerself. i know its hard. yehve bee, an thats

always hard. but yehll have a great time at hogwarts -- i did --

still do, smatter of fact.”

hagrid helped harry ohat would take him back

to the dursleys, then handed him an envelope.

”yer ticket fer hogwarts, ” he said. ”first o september --

kings cross -- its all o. ahe

dursleys, seh yer owl, shell ko find

me.... see yeh soon, harry.”

the trai of the station. harry wach

hagrid u of sight; he rose i and pressed

his the window, but he blinked and hagrid had gone.

chapter six

the journey from platform hree-quarters

harrys last month with the dursleys wasnt fun. true, dudley was

now so scared of harry he wouldnt stay in the same room, while aunt

petunia and un didnt shut harry in his cupboard, force

him to do anything, or shout at him -- in fact, they didnt speak to

him at all. half terrified, half furious, they acted as though any

chair with harry iy. although this rovement

in many ways, it did bee a bit depressing after a while.

harry kept to his room, with his new owl for pany. he had

decided t, a name he had found in a history of

magic. his school books were very iing. he lay on his bed

readihe night, hedwig swooping in and out of the

open leased. it was lucky that auunia didnt

anymore, because hedwig kept bringing back dead

mice. every night before he went to sleep, harry ticked off another

day on