on were all big and stupid, but as dudley was
the est and stupidest of the lot, he was the leader the rest
of the were all ite happy to jo dudley≈39;s favorite sport:
harry huntg
this was why harry spent as uch ti as possible out of the
hoe, wanderg around and thkg about the end of the holidays,
where he uld see a ty ray of hope when septeber ca he would
be gog off to sendary school and, for the first ti his
life, he wouldn≈39;t be with dudley dudley had been aepted at uncle
vernon≈39;s old private school, sltgs piers polkiss was gog
there too harry, on the other hand, was gog to stonewall high,
the local public school dudley thought this was very funny
&ot;they stuff people≈39;s heads down the toilet the first day at
stonewall,&ot; he told harry &ot;want to e upstairs and practice?&ot;
&ot;no, thanks,&ot; said harry &ot;the poor toilet≈39;s never had anythg
as horrible as your head down it -- it ight be sick&ot; then he ran,
before dudley uld work out what he≈39;d said
one day july, aunt petunia took dudley to london to buy his
sltgs unifor, leavg harry at rs ≈39;s rs wasn
≈39;t as bad as ual it turned out she≈39;d broken her leg trippg
over one of her cats, and she didn≈39;t see ite as fond of the
as before she let harry watch television and gave hi a bit of
chote cake that tasted as though she≈39;d had it for several years
that eveng, dudley paraded around the livg roo for the
faily his brand-new unifor sltgs≈39; boys wore aroon
tailats, oran knickerbockers, and ft straw hats called
boaters they al carried knobbly sticks, ed for hittg each
other while the teachers weren≈39;t lookg this was supposed to be
good trag for ter life
as he looked at dudley his new knickerbockers, uncle vernon
said gruffly that it was the proudest ont of his life aunt
petunia burst to tears and said she uldn≈39;t believe it was her
ickle dudleyks, he looked hand and grown-up harry didn≈39;t
trt hiself to speak he thought o of his ribs ight already
have cracked fro tryg not to ugh
there was a horrible sll the kitchen the next orng when
harry went for breakfast it seed to be g fro a r
tal tub the sk he went to have a look the tub was full of
what looked like dirty rags swig gray water
&ot;what≈39;s this?&ot; he asked aunt petunia her lips tightened as
they always did if he dared to ask a estion
&ot;your new school unifor,&ot; she said
harry looked the bowl aga
&ot;oh,&ot; he said, &ot;i didn≈39;t realize it had to be wet&ot;
&ot;dota be stupid,&ot; snapped aunt petunia &ot;i≈39; dyeg of
dudley≈39;s old thgs gray for you it≈39;ll look jt like everyone
else≈39;s when i≈39;ve fished&ot;
harry serioly doubted this, but thought it best not to
argue he sat d
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