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over dead leaves
sounded like a cl alrid was squinting
up the dark path, but after a few seds, the sound faded away.
”i k, ” he murmured. ”theres summat i shouldn
be.”
”a werewested.
”that wasn no werewolf an it wasn no uher,”
said hagrid grimly. ”right, follow me, but ow.”
they walked more slowly, ears straini
sound. suddenly, in a g ahead, somethiely moved.
”whos there?” hagrid called. ”show yerself -- im armed!”
and into the g came -- was it a man, or a horse? to
the waist, a man, with red hair a below that was a
horses gleami body with a loail. harry
and hermiones jaws dropped.
”oh, its you, ronan,” said hagrid in relief. ”how are yeh?”
he walked forward and shook the taurs hand.
”good evening to you, hagrid,” said ronan. he had a deep,
sorrowful voing to shoot me?”
”t be too careful, ronan,” said hagrid, patting his
crossbow. ”theres summat bad loose in this forest. this is
harry potter an hermier, by the way. students up at the
s this is ronan, you two. hes a taur.))
”wed noticed,” said hermioly.
”good evening,” said ronas, are you? and do you
learn much, up at the school?”
”erm --”
”a bit,” said hermioimidly.
”a bit. well, thats something.” ronan sighed. he flung back
his head ahe sky. ”mars is bright tonight.”
”yeah,” said hagrid, glang up, too. ”listen, im glad
weve run inter yeh, ronan, cause theres a uni hurt --
you seen anythin?”
ronan didnt aely. he stared unblinkingly upward,
then sighed again.
”always the ihe first victims,” he said. ”so it
has bee, so it is now.”
”yeah,” said hagrid, ”but have yeh seen anythin, ronan? anythin
unusual?”
”mars is bright tonight,” roed, while hagrid watched
him impatiently. ”unusually bright.”
”yeah, but i was meanin anythin unusual a bit nearer home,
said hagrid. ”so yeh havent hin strange?”
yet again, ronan took a while to a last, he said,
”the forest hides mas.”
a movemerees behind ronan made hagrid raise his bow
again, but it was oaur, black-haired and -bodied
and wilder-looking than ronan.
”hullo, bane,” said hagrid. ”all right?”
”good evening, hagrid, i hope you are well?”
”well enough. look, ive jus bin askin ronahin
odd iely? theres a uni injured -- would yeh know
anythin about it?”
bao stao ronan. he looked skyward. ”mars
is bright tonight,” he said simply.
”weve heard,” said hagrid grumpily. ”well, if either of you
do see anythi me know, wont yeh? well be off, then.”
harry and hermio of the g, staring over
their shoulders at ronahe trees blocked their view.
”never,” said hagrid irritably, ”try araight answer
out of a taur. ruddy stargazers. ed in anythin
closern the moon.”
”are there many of them in here?” asked hermione.
”oh, a fair few... keep themselves to themselves mostly, but
theyre good enough about turnin up if ever i want a word. theyre
deep, miaurs... they know things... jus do on much.”
”dyou think that was a taur we heard earlier?” said harry.
”did that souo you? nah, if yeh ask me, that
was whats bin killin the uniever heard anythin like
it before.”
they walked h the derees