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"No, sir -- house was almost destroyed, but I got him out all right
before the Muggles started swarmin' around.
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they
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they did
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He fell asleep as we was
flyin' over Bristol."
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did
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did n't
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Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall bent forward over the bundle of
blankets.
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n't
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n't want
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Inside, just visible, was a baby boy, fast asleep.
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want
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want Dudley
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Under a
tuft of jet-black hair over his forehead they could see a curiously
shaped cut, like a bolt of lightning.
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Dudley
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Dudley mixing
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"Is that where -?"
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mixing
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mixing with
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whispered Professor McGonagall.
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with
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with a
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"Yes," said Dumbledore.
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a
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a child
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"He'll have that scar forever."
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child
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child like
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"Couldn't you do something about it, Dumbledore?"
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like
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like that
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"Even if I could, I wouldn't.
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that
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that .
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Scars can come in handy.
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.
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. When
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I have one myself
above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground.
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When
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When Mr.
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Well
-- give him here, Hagrid -- we'd better get this over with."
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Mr.
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Mr. and
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Dumbledore took Harry in his arms and turned toward the Dursleys' house.
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and
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and Mrs.
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"Could I -- could I say good-bye to him, sir?"
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Mrs.
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Mrs. Dursley
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asked Hagrid.
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Dursley
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Dursley woke
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He bent his
great, shaggy head over Harry and gave him what must have been a very
scratchy, whiskery kiss.
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woke
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woke up
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Then, suddenly, Hagrid let out a howl like a
wounded dog.
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up
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up on
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"Shhh!"
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on
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on the
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hissed Professor McGonagall, "you'll wake the Muggles!"
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the
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the dull
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"S-s-sorry," sobbed Hagrid, taking out a large, spotted handkerchief and
burying his face in it.
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dull
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dull ,
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"But I c-c-can't stand it -- Lily an' James dead
-- an' poor little Harry off ter live with Muggles -"
"Yes, yes, it's all very sad, but get a grip on yourself, Hagrid, or
we'll be found," Professor McGonagall whispered, patting Hagrid gingerly
on the arm as Dumbledore stepped over the low garden wall and walked to
the front door.
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,
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, gray
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He laid Harry gently on the doorstep, took a letter out
of his cloak, tucked it inside Harry's blankets, and then came back to
the other two.
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gray
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gray Tuesday
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For a full minute the three of them stood and looked at
the little bundle; Hagrid's shoulders shook, Professor McGonagall
blinked furiously, and the twinkling light that usually shone from
Dumbledore's eyes seemed to have gone out.
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Tuesday
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Tuesday our
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"Well," said Dumbledore finally, "that's that.
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our
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our story
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We've no business staying
here.
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story
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story starts
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We may as well go and join the celebrations."
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starts
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starts ,
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"Yeah," said Hagrid in a very muffled voice, "I'll be takin' Sirius his
bike back.
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,
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, there
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G'night, Professor McGonagall -- Professor Dumbledore, sir."
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there
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there was
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Wiping his streaming eyes on his jacket sleeve, Hagrid swung himself
onto the motorcycle and kicked the engine into life; with a roar it rose
into the air and off into the night.
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was
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was nothing
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"I shall see you soon, I expect, Professor McGonagall," said Dumbledore,
nodding to her.
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nothing
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nothing about
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Professor McGonagall blew her nose in reply.
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about
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about the
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Dumbledore turned and walked back down the street.
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the
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the cloudy
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On the corner he
stopped and took out the silver Put-Outer.
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cloudy
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cloudy sky
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He clicked it once, and
twelve balls of light sped back to their street lamps so that Privet
Drive glowed suddenly orange and he could make out a tabby cat slinking
around the corner at the other end of the street.
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sky
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sky outside
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He could just see the
bundle of blankets on the step of number four.
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outside
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outside to
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"Good luck, Harry," he murmured.
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to
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to suggest
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He turned on his heel and with a swish
of his cloak, he was gone.
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suggest
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suggest that
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A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and
tidy under the inky sky, the very last place you would expect
astonishing things to happen.
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that
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that strange
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Harry Potter rolled over inside his
blankets without waking up.
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strange
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strange and
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One small hand closed on the letter beside
him and he slept on, not knowing he was special, not knowing he was
famous, not knowing he would be woken in a few hours' time by Mrs.
Dursley's scream as she opened the front door to put out the milk
bottles, nor that he would spend the next few weeks being prodded and
pinched by his cousin Dudley...
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and
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and mysterious
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He couldn't know that at this very
moment, people meeting in secret all over the country were holding up
their glasses and saying in hushed voices: "To Harry Potter -- the boy
who lived!"
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mysterious
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mysterious things
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CHAPTER TWO
THE VANISHING GLASS
Nearly ten years had passed since the Dursleys had woken up to find
their nephew on the front step, but Privet Drive had hardly changed at
all.
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things
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things would
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The sun rose on the same tidy front gardens and lit up the brass
number four on the Dursleys' front door; it crept into their living
room, which was almost exactly the same as it had been on the night when
Mr. Dursley had seen that fateful news report about the owls.
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would
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would soon
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Only the
photographs on the mantelpiece really showed how much time had passed.
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soon
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soon be
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Ten years ago, there had been lots of pictures of what looked like a
large pink beach ball wearing different-colored bonnets -- but Dudley
Dursley was no longer a baby, and now the photographs showed a large
blond boy riding his first bicycle, on a carousel at the fair, playing a
computer game with his father, being hugged and kissed by his mother.
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be
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be happening
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The room held no sign at all that another boy lived in the house, too.
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happening
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happening all
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Yet Harry Potter was still there, asleep at the moment, but not for
long.
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all
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all over
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His Aunt Petunia was awake and it was her shrill voice that made
the first noise of the day.
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over
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over the
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"Up!
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the
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the country
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Get up!
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country
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country .
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Now!"
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.
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. Mr.
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Harry woke with a start.
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Mr.
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Mr. Dursley
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His aunt rapped on the door again.
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Dursley
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Dursley hummed
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"Up!"
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hummed
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hummed as
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she screeched.
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as
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as he
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Harry heard her walking toward the kitchen and then
the sound of the frying pan being put on the stove.
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he
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he picked
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He rolled onto his
back and tried to remember the dream he had been having.
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picked
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picked out
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It had been a
good one.
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out
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out his
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There had been a flying motorcycle in it.
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his
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his most
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He had a funny
feeling he'd had the same dream before.
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most
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most boring
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His aunt was back outside the door.
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boring
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boring tie
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"Are you up yet?"
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tie
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tie for
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she demanded.
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for
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for work
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"Nearly," said Harry.
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work
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work ,
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"Well, get a move on, I want you to look after the bacon.
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,
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, and
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And don't you
dare let it burn, I want everything perfect on Duddy's birthday."
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and
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and Mrs.
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Harry groaned.
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Mrs.
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Mrs. Dursley
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"What did you say?"
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Dursley
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Dursley gossiped
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his aunt snapped through the door.
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gossiped
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gossiped away
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"Nothing, nothing..."
Dudley's birthday -- how could he have forgotten?
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away
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away happily
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Harry got slowly out
of bed and started looking for socks.
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happily
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happily as
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He found a pair under his bed and,
after pulling a spider off one of them, put them on.
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as
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as she
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Harry was used to
spiders, because the cupboard under the stairs was full of them, and
that was where he slept.
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she
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she wrestled
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When he was dressed he went down the hall into the kitchen.
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wrestled
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wrestled a
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The table
was almost hidden beneath all Dudley's birthday presents.
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a
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a screaming
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It looked as
though Dudley had gotten the new computer he wanted, not to mention the
second television and the racing bike.
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screaming
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screaming Dudley
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Exactly why Dudley wanted a
racing bike was a mystery to Harry, as Dudley was very fat and hated
exercise -- unless of course it involved punching somebody.
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Dudley
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Dudley into
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Dudley's
favorite punching bag was Harry, but he couldn't often catch him.
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into
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into his
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Harry
didn't look it, but he was very fast.
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his
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his high
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Perhaps it had something to do with living in a dark cupboard, but Harry
had always been small and skinny for his age.
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high
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high chair
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He looked even smaller and
skinnier than he really was because all he had to wear were old clothes
of Dudley's, and Dudley was about four times bigger than he was.
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chair
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chair .
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Harry
had a thin face, knobbly knees, black hair, and bright green eyes.
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.
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. None
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He
wore round glasses held together with a lot of Scotch tape because of
all the times Dudley had punched him on the nose.
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None
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None of
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The only thing Harry
liked about his own appearance was a very thin scar on his forehead that
was shaped like a bolt of lightning.
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of
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of them
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He had had it as long as he could
remember, and the first question he could ever remember asking his Aunt
Petunia was how he had gotten it.
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them
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them noticed
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"In the car crash when your parents died," she had said.
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noticed
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noticed a
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"And don't ask
questions."
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a
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a large
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Don't ask questions -- that was the first rule for a quiet life with the
Dursleys.
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large
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large ,
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Uncle Vernon entered the kitchen as Harry was turning over the bacon.
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,
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, tawny
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"Comb your hair!"
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tawny
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tawny owl
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he barked, by way of a morning greeting.
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owl
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owl flutter
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About once a week, Uncle Vernon looked over the top of his newspaper and
shouted that Harry needed a haircut.
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flutter
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flutter past
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Harry must have had more haircuts
than the rest of the boys in his class put
together, but it made no difference, his hair simply grew that way --
all over the place.
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past
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past the
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Harry was frying eggs by the time Dudley arrived in the kitchen with his
mother.
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the
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the window
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Dudley looked a lot like Uncle Vernon.
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window
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window .
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He had a large pink face,
not much neck, small, watery blue eyes, and thick blond hair that lay
smoothly on his thick, fat head.
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.
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. At
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Aunt Petunia often said that Dudley
looked like a baby angel -- Harry often said that Dudley looked like a
pig in a wig.
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At
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At half
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Harry put the plates of egg and bacon on the table, which was difficult
as there wasn't much room.
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half
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half past
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