ght sped back to their street ps that
privet drive glowed suddenly oran and he uld ake out a tabby
cat slkg around the rner at the other end of the street he
uld jt see the bundle of bnkets on the step of nuber four
&ot;good ck, harry,&ot; he urured he turned on his heel and with
a swish of his cloak, he was gone
a breeze ruffled the neat heds of privet drive, which y
silent and tidy under the ky sky, the very st pce you would
expect astonishg thgs to happen harry potter rolled over
side his bnkets without wakg up one sall hand closed on
the letter beside hi and he slept on, not knog he was special,
not knog he was fao, not knog he would be woken a few
hours≈39; ti by rs dursley≈39;s screa as she opened the front door
to put out the ilk bottles, nor that he would spend the next few
weeks beg prodded and pched by his dudley he uldn≈39;t
know that at this very ont, people etg secret all over the
untry were holdg up their gsses and sayg hhed voices:
&ot;to harry potter -- the boy who lived!&ot;
chapter o
the vanishg gss
nearly ten years had passed sce the dursleys had woken up to
fd their nephew on the front step, but privet drive had hardly
chand at all the sun rose on the sa tidy front gardens and
lit up the brass nuber four on the dursleys≈39; front door; it crept
to their livg roo, which was alost exactly the sa as it
had been on the night when r dursley had seen that fateful news
report about the owls only the photographs on the antelpiece really
showed how uch ti had passed ten years ago, there had been lots
of pictures of what looked like a r pk beach ball wearg
different-lored bons -- but dudley dursley was no lonr a
baby, and now the photographs showed a r blond boy ridg his
first bicycle, on a caroel at the fair, pyg a puter ga
with his father, beg ed and kissed by his other the roo
held no sign at all that another boy lived the hoe, too
yet harry potter was still there, asleep at the ont, but not
for long his aunt petunia was awake and it was her shrill voice
that ade the first noise of the day
&ot;up! t up! now!&ot;
harry woke with a start his aunt rapped on the door aga
&ot;up!&ot; she screeched harry heard her walkg toward the kitchen
and then the und of the fryg pan beg put on the stove he
rolled onto his back and tried to reber the drea he had been
havg it had been a good one there had been a flyg otorcycle
it he had a funny feelg he≈39;d had the sa drea before
his aunt was back outside the door
&ot;are you up yet?&ot; she deanded
&ot;nearly,&ot; said harry
&ot;well, t a ove on, i want you to look after the ban and
don≈39;t you dare let it burn, i want everythg perfect on duddy≈39;s
birthday&ot;
harry groaned
&ot;what did you say?&ot; his aunt snapped t
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