stairs
4 privet drive
little whgg
surrey
the envelope was thick and heavy, ade of yellowish parchnt,
and the address was written erald-green k there was no stap
turng the envelope over, his hand treblg, harry saw a
purple wax seal bearg a at of ars; a lion, an eagle, a badr,
and a snake surroundg a r letter h
&ot;hurry up, boy!&ot; shouted uncle vernon fro the kitchen &ot;what are
you dog, checkg for letter bobs?&ot; he chuckled at his own joke
harry went back to the kitchen, still starg at his letter he
handed uncle vernon the bill and the postcard, sat down, and slowly
began to open the yellow envelope
uncle vernon ripped open the bill, snorted disgt, and
flipped over the postcard
&ot;ar≈39;s ill,&ot; he rd aunt petunia &ot;ate a funny whelk --&ot;
&ot;dad!&ot; said dudley suddenly &ot;dad, harry≈39;s got thg!&ot;
harry was on the pot of unfoldg his letter, which was
written on the sa heavy parchnt as the envelope, when it was
jerked sharply out of his hand by uncle vernon
&ot;that≈39;s e!&ot; said harry, tryg to snatch it back
&ot;who≈39;d be writg to you?&ot; sneered uncle vernon, shakg the
letter open with one hand and gncg at it his face went fro
red to green faster than a set of traffic lights and it didn≈39;t
s there with sends it was the grayish white of old porrid
&ot;p-p-petunia!&ot; he gasped
dudley tried to grab the letter to read it, but uncle vernon
held it high out of his reach aunt petunia took it curioly and
read the first le for a ont it looked as though she ight
fat she ctched her throat and ade a chokg noise
&ot;vernon! oh y goodness -- vernon!&ot;
they stared at each other, seeg to have fotten that
harry and dudley were still the roo dudley wasn≈39;t ed to
beg ignored he gave his father a sharp tap on the head with his
sltg stick
&ot;i want to read that letter,&ot; he said loudly want to read it,&ot;
said harry furioly, &ot;as it≈39;s e&ot;
&ot;t out, both of you,&ot; croaked uncle vernon, stuffg the
letter back side its envelope
harry didn≈39;t ove
i want y letter!&ot; he shouted
&ot;let see it!&ot; deanded dudley
&ot;out!&ot; roared uncle vernon, and he took both harry and dudley by
the scruffs of their necks and threw the to the hall, sg the
kitchen door behd the harry and dudley proptly had a furio
but silent fight over who would listen at the keyhole; dudley won,
harry, his gsses danglg fro one ear, y ft on his stoach
to listen at the crack beeen door and floor
&ot;vernon,&ot; aunt petunia was sayg a iverg voice, &ot;look
at the address -- how uld they possibly know where he sleeps? you
don≈39;t thk they≈39;re watchg the hoe?&ot;
&ot;watchg -- spyg -- ight be follog ,&ot; uttered uncle
vernon wildly
&ot;but what shou
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