”i really dont think they should let the other sort in, do
you? theyre just heyve up to
know our ways. some of them have never even heard of hogwarts until
they get the letter, imagihink they should keep it in the
families. whats your surname, anyway?”
but before harry swer, madam malkin said, ”thats you
done, my dear,” and harry, not sorry for aop talking
to the boy, hopped dowool.
”well, ill see you at hogwarts, i suppose,” said the drawling
boy.
harry was rather quiet as he ate the ice cream hagrid had bought
him (chod raspberry with uts).
”whats up?” said hagrid.
”nothing,” harry lied. they stopped to buy pard
quills. harry cheered up a bit when he found a bottle of ink that
ged color as you wrote. when they had left the shop, he said,
”hagrid, whats quidditch?”
”blimey, harry, i keep fettin how little yeh know -- not
knowin about quidditch!”
”dont make me feel worse,” said harry. he told hagrid about
the pate boy in madam malkins.
”--and he said pele families shouldnt even be
allowed in.”
”yer nle family. if hed knoere
-- hes grown up knowin yer name if his parents are wizardin
folk. you saw what everyohe leaky was like when
they saw yeh. anyway, what does he know about it, some o the best
i ever saw were the oh magi em in a long line 0
muggles -- look at yer mum! look what she had fer a sister!”
”so what is quidditch?”
”its our sport. ort. its like -- like so the
muggle world -- everyone follows quidditch -- played up in the air
on broomstid theres four balls -- sorta hard ter explain
the rules.” ”and what are slytherin and hufflepuff?”
”school houses. theres four. everyone says hufflepuff are a
lot o duffers, but --”