the harry potter?”
the last thing harry saw before the hat dropped over his eyes
was the hall full of pe to get a good look at him.
sed he was looking at the blaside of the hat. he waited.
hmm,” said a small voi his ear. ”difficult. very
diffity e, i see. not a bad miheres
talent, a my goodness, yes -- ao prove yourself,
now thats iing.... so ut you?”
harry gripped the edges of the stool and thought, not slytherin,
not slytherin.
”not slytherin, eh?” said the small voice. ”are you sure? you
could be great, you know, its all here in your head, and slytherin
will help you oo greatness, no doubt about that --
no? well, if youre sure -- better be gryffindor!”
harry heard the hat shout the last word to the whole hall. he
took off the hat and walked shakily tryffindor table. he
was so relieved to have bee put in slytherin, he
hardly he was getti cheer yet. percy
the prefect got up and shook his hand vigorously, while the weasley
twins yelled, ”we got potter!” harry sat down opposite
the ghost in the ruff hed seehe ghost patted his arm,
giving harry the sudden, horrible feeling hed just pluo
a bucket of ice-cold water.
he could see the high table properly now. at the e him
sat hagrid, who caught his eye ahe thumbs up. harry
grinned bad there, ihe high table, in a
large gold chair, sat albus dumbled
ohe card hed gotten out of the ch on the
train. dumbledores silver hair was the only thing in the whole
hall that shhtly as the ghosts. harry spotted professor
quirtell, too, the nervous young man from the leaky . he
was looking very pe a large purple turban.
and now there were only three people left to be sorted. ”thomas,
dean,” a black boy evehan ron, joined harry at the
gryffiurpin, lisa,” became a ravend then it
was rons turn. he ale green by now. harry crossed his fingers
uable aer the hat h