easide his jad pulled out a fat gray rat,
.
”his names sd hes useless, he hardly ever wakes
up. per owl from my dad f made a prefect, but they
t aff -- i mean, i got sstead.”
ro pihink hed said too much,
because he went back t out of the window.
harry didnt thihing wrong with not being
able to afford an owl. after all, hed never had any money in his
life until a month ago, aold ron so, all about having to wear
dudleys old d ihday presents. this
seemed to up.
”... and until hagrid told me, i didnt know anything about be
ing a wizard or about my parents or voldemort”
ron gasped.
”what?” said harry.
”you said you-know-whos name!” said ron, sounding both shocked
and impressed. ”id have thought you, of all people --”
”im n to be brave , saying the name,”
said harry, i just never knew you shouldnt. see what i mean? ive
got loads to lear,” he added, voig for the first time
something that had been w him a lot lately, ”i bet im the
worst in the class.”
”you woheres loads of people whle
families and they learn quiough.”
while they had been talkirain had carried them out
of london. now they were speeding past fields full of d
sheep. they were quiet for a time, watg the fields and lanes
flick past.
around half past twelve there was a great g outside
in the corridor and a smiling, dimpled woman slid back their door
and said, ”anythi, dears?”
harry, who hadnt had a, leapt to his feet,
but ro pink agaiered that hed brought
sandwiches. harry went out into the corridor.
he had never had any money for dy with the dursleys, and
now that he had p with gold and silver he was ready