olotting ways of getting malfoy
expelled, which were fun to talk about even if they wouldnt work.
ron also started teag harry wizard chess. this was exactly
like muggle chess except that the figures were alive, which made
it a lot like direg troops in battle. ro was very old
and battered. like everything else he ow had oo
someone else in his family -- in this case, his grandfather. however,
old werent a drawback at all. rohem so well he
rouble gettio do what he wanted.
harry played with seamus finniga him, and
they didnt trust him at all. he wasnt a very good player yet
ais of advice at him, which was
g. ”dohere, t you see his knight? send him,
we afford to lose him.” on christmas eve, harry went to bed
looking forward to the day for the food a not
expey presents at all. when he woke early in the m,
however, the first thing he saile of packages at
the foot of his bed.
”merry christmas,” said ron sleepily as harry scrambled out of
bed and pulled on his bathrobe.
”you, too,” said harry. ”will you look at this? ive got some
presents!”
”what did you expeips?” said r to his own
pile, which was a lot bigger than harrys.
harry picked up the top parcel. it ed in thi
paper and scrawled across it was to harry, from hagrid. inside
was a roughly flute. hagrid had obviously whittled it
himself. harry blew it -- it sou like an owl.
a sed, very small partaie.
we reessage and enclose your christmas present. from
un aaped to the note ence
piece.
”thats friendly,” said harry.
ron was fasated by the fifty pence.
”weird!” he said, nmat a shape! this is money?”
”you keep it,” said harry, laughing at how pleased ron
was. ”hagrid and my aunt and uncle -- so who sent these?”