ailed up the ail slot
&ot;see,&ot; he exped to aunt petunia through a outhful of nails,
&ot;if they can≈39;t deliver the they≈39;ll jt give up&ot;
&ot;i≈39; not sure that≈39;ll work, vernon&ot;
&ot;oh, these people≈39;s ds work stran ways, petunia, they≈39;re
not like you and ,&ot; said uncle vernon, tryg to knock a nail
with the piece of fruitcake aunt petunia had jt brought hi
on friday, no less than elve letters arrived for harry as
they uldn≈39;t go through the ail slot they had been phed under
the door, slotted through the sides, and a few even forced through
the sall dow the downstairs bathroo
uncle vernon stayed at ho aga after burng all the
letters, he got out a har and nails and boarded up the cracks
around the front and back doors no one uld go out he hud
&ot;tiptoe through the tulips&ot; as he worked, and juped at sall noises
on saturday, thgs began to t out of hand enty-four letters
to harry found their way to the hoe, rolled up and hidden side
each of the o dozen eggs that their very nfed ilkan had
handed aunt petunia through the livg roo dow while uncle
vernon ade furio telephone calls to the post office and the
dairy tryg to fd one to p to, aunt petunia shredded
the letters her food procesr
&ot;who on earth wants to talk to you this badly?&ot; dudley asked
harry aazent
on sunday orng, uncle vernon sat down at the breakfast table
lookg tired and rather ill, but happy
&ot;no post on sundays,&ot; he reded the cheerfully as he spread
arade on his newspapers, &ot;no dan letters today --&ot;
thg ca whizzg down the kitchen chiney as he spoke and
caught hi sharply on the back of the head next ont, thirty or
forty letters ca peltg out of the firepce like bullets the
dursleys ducked, but harry leapt to the air tryg to catch one
&ot;out! out!&ot;
uncle vernon seized harry around the waist and threw hi to
the hall when aunt petunia and dudley had run out with their ars
over their faces, uncle vernon sd the door shut they uld
hear the letters still streag to the roo, bouncg off the
walls and floor
&ot;that does it,&ot; said uncle vernon, tryg to speak cally but
pullg great tufts out of his tache at the sa ti i want you
all back here five utes ready to leave we≈39;re gog away jt
pack clothes no argunts!&ot;
he looked danro with half his tache issg that
no one dared argue ten utes ter they had wrenched their way
through the boarded-up doors and were the car, speedg toward
the highway dudley was snifflg the back seat; his father had
hit hi round the head for holdg the up while he tried to pack
his television, vcr, and puter his sports bag
they drove and they drove even aunt petunia didn≈39;t dare ask
where they were gog every now and then uncle vernon would take a
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