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it wasnt goi simple. they hadnt gohan
a dozen pa a doorknob rattled ahiing
out of a in front of them.
it eeves. he caught sight of them and gave a squeal
of delight.
”shut up, peeves -- please -- youll get us thrown out.”
peeves cackled.
”wandering around at midnight, ickle firsties? tut, tut,
tut. naughty, naughty, youll get caughty.”
”not if you dont give us aeeves, please.”
”should tell filch, i should,” said peeves in a saintly voice,
but his eyes glittered wickedly. ”its food, you know.”
”get out of the ed ron, taki peeves
this was a big mistake.
”students out of bed!” peeves bellowed, ”students out of bed
down the charms corridor”
duder peeves, they ran for their lives, right to the end
of the corridor where they slammed into a door -- and it was locked.
”this is it!” rohey pushed helplessly at the door,
”were dohis is the end!” they could hear footsteps,
filg as fast as he could toeevess shouts.
”oh, move over,” hermione snarled. she grabbed harrys wand,
tapped the lod whispered, alohomora!”
the lock d the d opehrough
it, shut it quid pressed their ears against it, listening.
”which way did they go, peeves?” filch was saying. ”quick,
tell me.”
”say please.”
”doh me, peeves, hey go?”
”shant say nothing if you dont say please,” said peeves in
his annoying singsong voice.
”all right -please.”
”nothing! ha haaa! told you i wouldnt say nothing if you
didnt say please! ha ha! haaaaaa!” ahe sound of
peeves whooshing away and filg in rage.
”he thinks this door is locked,” harry whispered. ”i think
well be okay -- get off, neville!” for neville had been tugging
on the sleeve of harrys bathrobe for the last mi?”
harry turned around -- and saw, quite clearly, what. for a
moment, he was sure hed walked into a his was too
mu t that had happened so far.
they werent in a room, as he had supposed. they were in a
corridor. the forbidden corridor ohird floor. and now they
k was forbidden.
they were lht into the eyes of a m,
a dog that filled the whole spa d floor. it had
three heads. three pairs , mad eyes; three g
aheir dire; three drooling mouths, saliva
hanging in slippery ropes from yellowish fangs.
it was standiill, all six eyes staring at them,
and harry khe ohey werent already dead
was that their sudden appearaaken it by surprise, but it
was quickly gettihere was no mistaking what those
thunderous growls meant.
harry groped for the doorkween fild death,
hed take filch.
they fell backward -- harry slammed the door shut, and they ran,
they almost flew, ba the corridor. filch must have hurried
off to look for them somewhere else, because they didnt see him
ahey hardly cared -- all they wao do ut as
much space as possible betweehat mohey didnt
st until they reached the portrait of the fat lady on
the seventh floor.
”where oh have you all been?” she asked, looking at
their bathrobes hanging off their shoulders and their flushed,
sweaty faces.
”hat -- pig snout, pig snout,” panted harry, and
the p forward. they scrambled into the
and collapsed, trembling, into armchairs.
it was a while before any of them said anything. neville,
indeed, looked as if hed never speak again.
”what do they think theyre doihi
lo a school?” said ron finally. ”if any dog needs exercise,
that one does.”
hermione had g