oher end of the field were three goldeh hoops
ohey reminded harry of the little plastic sticks muggle
blew bubbles through, except that they were fifty
feet high.
too eager to fly again to wait for wood, harry mounted his
broomstid ki the ground. what a feeling -- he
swooped in and out of the goal posts and then sped up and down the
field. the nimbus two thousand turned wherever he wa his
lightest touch.
”hey, potter, e down!
oliver wood had arrived. fie was g a large wooden crate
under his arm. harry lao him.
”very nice,” said wood, his eyes glinti magall
meant... you really are a natural. im just going to teach you
the rules this evening, then youll be joiice three
times a week.”
he opee. inside were four different-sized balls.
”right,” said wood. ”now, quidditch is easy enough to uand,
even if its o play. there are seven players on each
side. three of them are called chasers.”
”three chasers,” harry repeated, as wood took ht red
ball about the size of a soccer ball.
”this balls called the quaffle,” said wood. ”the chasers
throw the quaffle to each other and try ahrough one of
the hoops toal. teime the quaffle goes
through ohe hoops. follow me?”
”the chasers throw the quaffle and put it through the hoops
to score,” harry recited. ”so -- thats sort of like basketball on
broomsticks with six hoops, isnt it?”
”whats basketball?” said wood curiously. ”never mind,” said
harry quickly.
”now, theres another player on each side whos called the
keeper -im keeper fryffindor. i have to fly around our hoops
and stop the other team fr.”
”three chasers, one keeper,” said harry, who was determined
to remember it all. ”and they play w