youll make your real friends,
those g folk use any means
to achieve their ends.
so put me on! dont be afraid!
and do in a flap!
youre ihough i have none)
for im a thinking cap!”
the whole hall burst into applause as the hat fis
song. it bowed to each of the four tables ae
still again.
”so weve just got to try o!” roo
harry. ”ill kill fred, he was going on ab a troll.”
harry. smiled weakly. yes, tryi was a lot better
than having to do a spell, but he did wish they could have tried it
on without everyog. the hat seemed to be asking rather
alot; harry didnt feel brave or quick-witted or any of it at the
moment. if o had mentioned a house for people who felt
a bit queasy, that would have been the one for him.
prall now stepped f a long roll
of part.
”when i e, you will put o and sit on the
stool to be sorted,” she said. ”abbott, hannah!”
a pink-faced girl with bloails stumbled out of line,
put o, which fell right down over her eyes, and sat down. a
moments pause --
”hufflepuff!” shouted the hat.
the table ht d clapped as hao
sit down at the hufflepuff table. harry saw the ghost of the fat
friar wavi her.
”bones, susan!”
”hufflepuff!” shouted the hat again, and susao
sit o hannah.
”boot, terry!”
”ravenclaw!”
the table se the left clapped this time; several
ravenclaws stood up to shake hands with terry as he joihem.
” brocklehurst, mao ravenclaw too, but ”brown,
lavehe first new gryffindor, aable on the
far left exploded with cheers; harry could see rons twin brothers
g.
”bulstrode, milli became a slytheri
was harrys imagination, after all hed heard about slytheri