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ot both her breath aemper back
again. ”you dont use your eyes, any of you, do you?” she
snapped. ”didnt you see what it was standing on.
”the flested. ”i wasnt looking at its feet,
i was too busy with its heads.”
”no, not the floor. it was standing on a trapdoor. its obviously
guardihing.”
she stood up, glaring at them.
i hope youre pleased with yourselves. we could all have been
killed -- or worse, expelled. now, if you dont mind, im going
to bed.”
roer her, his mouth open.
”no, we dont mind,” he said. ”youd think we dragged her along,
wouldnt you.
but hermione had given harry somethihink about as
he climbed bato bed. the dog was guardihing.... what
had hagrid said? gringotts la the world for
something you wao hide -- except perhaps hogwarts.
it looked as though harry had fouhe grubby littie
pa vault sevehirteen was.
chapter ten
halloween
malfoy t believe his eyes whe harry and ron
were still at hogwarts the day, looki perfectly
cheerful. ihe m harry and ron thought that
meetihree-headed dog had bee adventure, and
they were quite keeher oime, harry
filled ron in about the package that seemed to have been moved
frotts to hogwarts, a a lot of time w
ossibly need such heavy prote. ”its either really
valuable or really dangerous,” said ron. ”or both,” said harry.
but as all they knew for sure about the mysterious object was
that it was about two ihey didnt have muce of
guessing ithout further clues.
her neville nor hermiohe slightest i in
what lay uhe dog arapdoor. all neville cared
about was never g again.
hermione was o speak to harry and ron, but she was
such a bossy know-it-all that they saw this as an added bonus. all
they really ay of getting back at malfoy, and to
their great delight, just sug arrived in the mail about
a week later.
as the owls flooded i hall as usual, everyones
attention was caught at once by a long, thin package carried by
six large screech owls. harry was just as ied as everyone
else to see what was in this large pard was amazed when the
owls soared doed it right in front of him, knog
his ba to the floor. they had hardly fluttered out of the way
when another owl dropped a letter on top of the parcel.
harry ripped opeer first, which was lucky, because
it said:
do he parcel at the table.
it s your new nimbus two thousand, but i dont want
everybody knowing youve got a broomstick or theyll all want
one. oliver wood will meet you tonight och field at
seven oclock for your first training session.
prall
harry had difficulty hiding his glee as he hao
ron to read.
”a nimbus two thousand!” ron moaned enviously. ”ive never even
toue.”
they left the hall quiting to ui
private before their first class, but halfway across the entrance
hall they fouairs barred by d goyle. malfoy
seized the pa harry a.
”thats a broomstick,” he said, throwing it back to harry with
a mixture of jealousy and spite on his face. ”youll be in for it
this time, potter, first years arent allowed them.”
ron t resist it.
”its not any old broomstick,” he said, ”its a nimbus two
thousand. what did you say youve got at home, malfoy, a et two
sixty?” ro harry. ”ets look flashy, but theyre not
in the same league as the nimbus.”
”what would you know about it, weasley, you t afford half
the handle,” malfoy snapped back. ”i suppose you and your brothers
have to save up twig by twig.”
before ron co