re ugwup, ternational nfed of wizards)
dear r potter,
we are pleased to r you that you have been aepted at
hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry please fd enclosed
a list of all necessary s and eipnt
ter begs on septeber 1 we await your owl by no ter than
july 31 yours scerely,
erva cgonagall,
deputy headistress
estions exploded side harry≈39;s head like fireworks and he
uldn≈39;t decide which to ask first after a few utes he stared,
&ot;what does it an, they await y owl?&ot;
&ot;gallop≈39; gons, that reds ,&ot; said hagrid, cppg a
hand to his forehead with enough force to knock over a cart horse,
and fro yet another pocket side his overat he pulled an owl --
a real, live, rather ruffled-lookg owl -- a long ill, and a
roll of parchnt with his tongue beeen his teeth he scribbled
a note that harry uld read upside down:
dear profesr dubledore,
given harry his letter
takg hi to buy his thgs toorrow
weather≈39;s horrible hope you≈39;re well
hagrid
hagrid rolled up the note, gave it to the owl, which cped
it its beak, went to the door, and threw the owl out to the
stor then he ca back and sat down as though this was as noral
as talkg on the telephone
harry realized his outh was open and closed it ickly
&ot;where was i?&ot; said hagrid, but at that ont, uncle vernon,
still ashen-faced but lookg very angry, oved to the firelight
&ot;he≈39;s not gog,&ot; he said
hagrid grunted
&ot;i≈39;d like ter see a great le like you s hi,&ot; he said
&ot;a what?&ot; said harry, terested
&ot;a le,&ot; said hagrid, &ot;it≈39;s what we call nonagic folk like
thern an≈39; it≈39;s your bad ck you grew up a faily o≈39; the est
les i ever id eyes on&ot;
&ot;we swore when we took hi we≈39;d put a s to that rubbish,&ot;
said uncle vernon, &ot;swore we≈39;d stap it out of hi! wizard deed!&ot;
&ot;you knew?&ot; said harry &ot;you knew i≈39; a -- a wizard?&ot;
&ot;knew!&ot; shrieked aunt petunia suddenly &ot;knew! of urse we
knew! how uld you not be, y dratted sister beg what she was? oh,
she got a letter jt like that and disappeared off to that-that
school-and ca ho every vacation with her pockets full of frog
spawn, turng teacups to rats i was the only one who saw her
for what she was -- a freak! but for y other and father, oh no,
it was lily this and lily that, they were proud of havg a witch
the faily!&ot;
she sped to draw a deep breath and then went rantg on it
seed she had been wantg to say all this for years
&ot;then she t that potter at school and they left and got arried
and had you, and of urse i knew you≈39;d be jt the sa, jt
as stran, jt as -- as -- abnoral -- and then, if you please,
she went and got herself blown up and we got nded with you!&ot;
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