his head on harrys knee and drooled all over his robes.
harry and rhted trid call fitch ”that
old git.”
”an as fer that cat, mrs. norris, id like ter introduce her
to faime. dyeh kime i go up ter the school,
she follows me everywhere? t get rid of her -- fitch puts her
up to it.”
harry told hagrid about snapes lesson. hagrid, like ron,
told harry not to worry about it, that snape liked hardly any of
the students.
”but he seemed to really hate me.”
”rubbish!” said hagrid. ”why should he?”
yet harry t help thinking that hagrid didnt quite meet
his eyes whehat.
”hows yer brrid asked ron. ”i liked him a
lot -- great with animals.”
harry wrid had ged the subje
purpose. while ron told hagrid all about charlies work with dragons,
harry picked up a piece of paper that was lyiable under
the tea cozy. it was a g from the daily prophet:
griest
iions ue into the break-in at gringotts on 31
july, widely believed to be the work of dark wizards or witches
unknown.
gringotts goblins today i nothiaken. the
vault that was searched had iied the same day.
”but were not telling you what was in there, so keep your noses
out if you know whats good for you,” said a gringotts spokesgoblin
this afternoon.
harry remembered ron telling him ohat someone had
tried totts, but ron hadhe date.
”hagrid!” said harry, ”that gringotts break-in happened on my
birthday! it mightve been happening ere there!”
there was no doubt about it, hagrid definitely did
harrys eyes this time. he grunted and offered him another rock
cake. harry read the staihat was searched had in
fa em