jup
&ot;dudley! r dursley! e and look at this snake! you won≈39;t
believe what it≈39;s dog!&ot;
dudley ca waddlg toward the as fast as he uld
&ot;out of the way, you,&ot; he said, punchg harry the
ribs caught by surprise, harry fell hard on the ncrete floor what
ca next happened fast no one saw how it happened -- one send,
piers and dudley were leang right up close to the gss, the next,
they had leapt back with howls of horror
harry sat up and gasped; the gss front of the boa nstrictor≈39;s
tank had vanished the great snake was unilg itself rapidly,
slitherg out onto the floor people throughout the reptile hoe
scread and started runng for the exits
as the snake slid swiftly past hi, harry uld have sworn a low,
hissg voice said, &ot;brazil, here i e thanksss, aigo&ot;
the keeper of the reptile hoe was shock
&ot;but the gss,&ot; he kept sayg, &ot;where did the gss go?&ot;
the zoo director hiself ade aunt petunia a cup of strong,
sweet tea while he apologized over and over aga piers and
dudley uld only gibber as far as harry had seen, the snake
hadn≈39;t done anythg except snap pyfully at their heels as it
passed, but by the ti they were all back uncle vernon≈39;s car,
dudley was tellg the how it had nearly bitten off his leg, while
piers was swearg it had tried to seeze hi to death but worst
of all, for harry at least, was piers calg down enough to say,
&ot;harry was talkg to it, weren≈39;t you, harry?&ot;
uncle vernon waited until piers was safely out of the hoe
before startg on harry he was angry he uld hardly speak he
anad to say, &ot;go -- cupboard -- stay -- no als,&ot; before he
lpsed to a chair, and aunt petunia had to run and t hi a
r brandy
harry y his dark cupboard uch ter, wishg he had a
watch he didn≈39;t know what ti it was and he uldn≈39;t be sure the
dursleys were asleep yet until they were, he uldn≈39;t risk sneakg
to the kitchen for food
he≈39;d lived with the dursleys alost ten years, ten iserable
years, as long as he uld reber, ever sce he≈39;d been a baby
and his parents had died that car crash he uldn≈39;t reber
beg the car when his parents had died tis, when he
straed his ory durg long hours his cupboard, he ca up
with a stran vision: a bldg fsh of green light and a burn-
g pa on his forehead this, he supposed, was the crash, though
he uldn≈39;t iage where all the green light ca fro he uldn≈39;t
reber his parents at all his aunt and uncle never spoke about
the, and of urse he was forbidden to ask estions there were
no photographs of the the hoe
when he had been younr, harry had dread and dread of
unknown retion g to take hi away, but it had never happened;
the dursleys were his only faily yet tis he thought (or aybe
hoped) that st
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