things? im famous and i t eve im famous for. i
dont knoened when vol-, sorry -- i mea my
parents died.”
hagrid leaned across the table. behind the wild beard and
eyebrows he wore a very kind smile.
”don you worry, harry. youll learn fast enough. everyone
starts at the beginning at hogwarts, youll be just fi
be yerself. i know its hard. yehve bee, an thats
always hard. but yehll have a great time at hogwarts -- i did --
still do, smatter of fact.”
hagrid helped harry ohat would take him back
to the dursleys, then handed him an envelope.
”yer ticket fer hogwarts, ” he said. ”first o september --
kings cross -- its all o. ahe
dursleys, seh yer owl, shell ko find
me.... see yeh soon, harry.”
the trai of the station. harry wach
hagrid u of sight; he rose i and pressed
his the window, but he blinked and hagrid had gone.
chapter six
the journey from platform hree-quarters
harrys last month with the dursleys wasnt fun. true, dudley was
now so scared of harry he wouldnt stay in the same room, while aunt
petunia and un didnt shut harry in his cupboard, force
him to do anything, or shout at him -- in fact, they didnt speak to
him at all. half terrified, half furious, they acted as though any
chair with harry iy. although this rovement
in many ways, it did bee a bit depressing after a while.
harry kept to his room, with his new owl for pany. he had
decided t, a name he had found in a history of
magic. his school books were very iing. he lay on his bed
readihe night, hedwig swooping in and out of the
open leased. it was lucky that auunia didnt
anymore, because hedwig kept bringing back dead
mice. every night before he went to sleep, harry ticked off another
day on