balloon was swelling inside him. he went straight to the window
a open. the owl swooped in ahe neer
on top of hagrid, who didnt . the owl theo
the flan to attack hagrids coat.
”dont do that.”
harry tried to wave the owl out of the way, but it ss
beak fiercely at him and savagi.
”hagrid!” said harry loudly. ”theres an owl
”pay him,” hagrid gruhe sofa.
”what?”
”he ayin fer deliverin the paper. look in the
pockets.” hagrids ed to be made of nothing but pockets --
bunches of keys, slug pellets, balls , peppermint humbugs,
teabags... finally, harry pulled out a handful e-looking
s.
”give him five knuts,” said hagrid sleepily.
”knuts?”
”the little bronze ones.”
harry ted out five little bronze d the owl held
out his leg so harry could put the moo a small leather pouch
tied to it. thehrough the open window.
hagrid yawned loudly, sat up, ached.
”best be off, harry, lots ter do today, gotta get up ter london
an buy all yer stuff fer school.”
harry was turhe wizard d looking at them. he
had just thought of something that made him feel as though the
happy balloon inside him had got a puncture.
”um -- hagrid?”
”mm?” said hagrid, ulling os.
”i havent got any money -- and you heard u
night ... he wont pay fic.”
”dont worry about that,” said hagrid, standing up and sg
his head. ”dyeh this didnt leave yeh anything?”
”but if their house was destroyed --”
”they didheir gold in the house, boy! nah, first stop
fer us is gringotts. wizards bank. have a sausage, theyre not
bad i wouldn say o&#