and stupid, but as dudley was
the biggest ahe lot, he was the leader. the rest
of them were all quite happy to join in dudleys favorite sport:
harry hunting.
this ent as much time as possible out of the
house, wandering around and thinking about the end of the holidays,
where he could see a tiny ray of hope. wheember came he would
be going off to sedary sd, for the first time in his
life, he wouldh dudley. dudley had bee uncle
vernons old private seltings. piers polkiss was going
there too. harry, oher hand, was going to stonewall high,
the local public school. dudley thought this was very funny.
”they stuff peoples heads dowhe first day at
stonewall,” he told harry. ”waairs and practice?”
”no, thanks,” said harry. ”the poor toilets never had anything
as horrible as your head down it -- it might be si he ran,
before dudley could work out what hed said.
one day in july, auook dudley to london to buy his
smeltings uniform, leaving harry at mrs. figgs. mrs. figg wasn
t as bad as usual. it tur shed br tripping
over os, and she dide as fond of them
as before. she let harry watch television and gave him a bit of
chocolate cake that tasted as though shed had it for several years.
that evening, dudley paraded around the living room for the
family in his brand-new uniform. smeltings boys wore maroon
tailce knickerbod flat straw hats called
boaters. they also obbly sticks, used f each
other while the teachers werent looking. this osed to be
g for later life.
as he looked at dudley in his new knickerbo
said gruffly that it roudest moment of his life. aunt
petunia burst into tears and said she t believe it was her
ickle dudleykins, he looked so handsome and grown-up. harry didnt
trust himself to speak. he thought twht already
have cra trying not to laugh.
there was a horrible smell iext m when
harry went i. it seemed to be a large