own at the table and tried not to thk about how
he was gog to look on his first day at stonewall high -- like he
was wearg bits of old elephant sk, probably
dudley and uncle vernon ca , both with wrkled noses
becae of the sll fro harry≈39;s new unifor uncle vernon opened
his newspaper as ual and dudley band his sltg stick, which
he carried everywhere, on the table
they heard the click of the ail slot and flop of letters on
the doorat
&ot;t the ail, dudley,&ot; said uncle vernon fro behd his paper
&ot;ake harry t it&ot;
&ot;t the ail, harry&ot;
&ot;ake dudley t it&ot;
&ot;poke hi with your sltg stick, dudley&ot;
harry dodd the sltg stick and went to t the ail three
thgs y on the doorat: a postcard fro uncle vernon≈39;s sister
ar, who was vacationg on the isle of wight, a brown envelope
that looked like a bill, and -- a letter for harry
harry picked it up and stared at it, his heart angg like a
giant estic band no one, ever, his whole life, had written to
hi who would? he had no friends, no other retives -- he didn≈39;t
belong to the library, he≈39;d never even got rude notes askg for
s back yet here it was, a letter, addressed ply there
uld be no istake:
r h potter
the cupboard under the