ad shouted, ”gryffindor!”
harry clapped loudly with the rest as rohe
ext to him.
”well do,” said percy ously
across harry as ”zabini, blaise,” was made a slytherin. professor
magall rolled up her sd to hat away.
harry looked doty gold plate. he had only just
realized how huhe pumpkin pasties seemed ages ago.
albus dumbledotten to his feet. he was beaming at the
students, his arms opened wide, as if nothing could have pleased
him more thahem all there.
”wele,” he said. ”wele to a hogwarts! before
we begin our ba, i would like to say a few words. and here
they are: nitwit! blubber! oddment! tweak!
”thank you!”
he sat ba. everybody d cheered. harry didnt
ko laugh or not.
”is he -- a bit mad?” he asked perly.
”mad?” said percy airily. ”hes a ge wizard in the
world! but he is a bit mad, yes. potatoes, harry?”
harrys mouth fell open. the dishes in front of him were now
piled with food. he had never seen so many thio eat
oable: roast beef, roast , pork d lamb chops,
sausages, bad steak, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, fries,
y, peas, carrots, gravy, ketd, for some
strange reaso humbugs.
the dursleys had arved harry, but hed never
bee as much as he liked. dudley had always taken
anything that harry really wa made him sick. harry
piled his plate with a bit except the peppermints
ao eat. it was all delicious.
”that does look good,” said the ghost in the ruff sadly,
watg harry cut up his steak,
”t you --?”
i haveen for nearly four hundred years,” said the
ghost. ”i doo, of course, but o. i dont
think ive in troduced myself? sir niimsy-pton at
your service. resident ghost of gryffindor tower.”