the piece of paper he had pihe wall, g down
to september the first.
o day of august he thought hed better speak to his
aunt a getting to kings cross statio day,
so he went down to the living room where they were watg a quiz
show on television. he cleared his throat to let them know he was
there, and dudley sd ran from the room.
”er -- un?”
un gruo show he was listening.
”er -- i kings orrow to -- to go to
hogwarts.”
un grunted again.
”would it be all right if you gave me a lift?”
grunt. harry supposed that meant yes.
”thank you.”
he was about to go back upstairs wheually
spoke.
”funny way to get to a wizards schoic carpets
all got puhey?”
harry didnt say anything.
”where is this syway?”
”i dont know,” said harry, realizing this for the first time. he
pulled the ticket hagrid had given him out of his pocket.
”i just take the train from platform hree-quarters
at eleven oclock,” he read.
his aunt aared.
”platform what?”
”hree-quarters.”
”dont talk rubbish,” said uhere is no platform
hree-quarters.”
”its o.”
”barking,” said un, ”howling mad, the lot of
them. youll see. you just wait. all right, well take you to
kings cross. were going up to london tomorrow anyway, or i
wouldnt bother.”
”why are you going to london?” harry asked, trying to keep
things friendly.
”takihe hospital,” growled un. ”got to
have that ruddy tail remoes to smeltings.”