/ swlg, alfoy ickly dropped the rebrall back on the
table
&ot;jt lookg,&ot; he said, and he sloped away with crabbe and
goyle behd hi
at three-thirty that afternoon, harry, ron, and the other
gryffdors hurried down the front steps onto the grounds for their
first flyg lesn it was a clear, breezy day, and the grass
rippled under their feet as they arched down the slopg wns
toward a sooth, ft wn on the opposite side of the grounds to the
forbidden forest, whose trees were swayg darkly the distance
the slythers were already there, and were enty broosticks
lyg neat les on the ground harry had heard fred and e
weasley p about the school broos, sayg that of the
started to vibrate if you flew too high, or always flew slightly
to the left
their teacher, ada hooch, arrived she had short, gray hair,
and yellow eyes like a hawk
&ot;well, what are you all waitg for?&ot; she barked &ot;everyone
stand by a broostick e on, hurry up&ot;
harry gnced down at his broo it was old and of the
igs stuck out at odd angles
&ot;stick out your right hand over your broo,&ot; called ada hooch
at the front, &ot;and say ≈39;up!&ot;≈39;
&ot;upf everyone shouted
harry≈39;s broo juped to his hand at once, but it was one
of the few that did herione granr≈39;s had siply rolled over
on the ground, and neville≈39;s hadn≈39;t oved at all perhaps broos,
like horses, uld tell when you were afraid, thought harry; there
was a aver neville≈39;s voice that said only too clearly that he
wanted to keep his feet on the ground
ada hooch then showed the how to ount their broos without
slidg off the end, and walked up and down the rows rrectg
their grips harry and ron were delighted when she told alfoy he≈39;d
been dog it wrong for years
&ot;now, when i blow y whistle, you kick off fro the ground,
hard,&ot; said ada hooch &ot;keep your broos steady, rise a few feet,
and then e straight back down by leang forward slightly on
y whistle -- three -- o --&ot;
but neville, nervo and jupy and frightened of beg left on
the ground, phed off hard before the whistle had touched ada
hooch≈39;s lips
&ot;e back, boy!&ot; she shouted, but neville was risg straight up
like a rk shot out of a bottle -- elve feet -- enty feet harry
saw his scared white face look down at the ground fallg away,
saw hi gasp, slip sideways off the broo and --
wha -- a thud and a nasty crack and neville y facedown on
the grass a heap his broostick was still risg higher and
higher, and started to drift zily toward the forbidden forest
and out of sight
ada hooch was bendg over neville, her face as white as his
&ot;broken wrist,&ot; harry heard her utter &ot;e on, boy -- it≈39;s
all right, up you t&ot;
she turned to the rest of the css
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