&ot;how?&ot; said herione nervoly
&ot;i thk,&ot; said ron, &ot;we≈39;re gog to have to be chessn&ot;
he walked up to a bck knight and put his hand out to touch
the knight≈39;s horse at once, the stone sprang to life the horse
pawed the ground and the knight turned his helted head to look
down at ron
&ot;do we -- er -- have to jo you to t across?&ot; the bck
knight nodded ron turned to the other o
&ot;this needs thkg abouthe said i suppose we≈39;ve got to
take the pce of three of the bck pieces&ot;
harry and herione stayed iet, watchg ron thk fally
he said, &ot;now, don≈39;t be offended or anythg, but neither of you
are that good at chess --&ot;
&ot;we≈39;re not offended,&ot; said harry ickly &ot;jt tell what
to do&ot;
&ot;well, harry, you take the pce of that bishop, and herione,
you 90 next to hi stead of that castle&ot;
&ot;what about you?&ot;
&ot;i≈39; gog to be a knight,&ot; said ron
the chessn seed to have been listeng, becae at these
words a knight, a bishop, and a castle turned their backs on the
white pieces and walked off the board, leavg three epty sares
that harry, ron, and herione took
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