oked out. even at a distance
there was no mistaking him.
malfoy had seen the dragon.
something about the smile lurking on malfoys fag the
week made harry, ron, and hermiohey spent
most of their free time in hagrids darkerying to reason
with him.
”just let him ged. ”set him free.”
”i t,” said hagrid. ”hes too little. hed die.”
they looked at the dragon. it had growimes ih in
just a week. smoke kept furling out of its nrid hadnt
been doing his gamekeeping duties because the dragon ing
him so busy. there were empty brandy bottles ahers
all over the floor.
”ive de ,” said hagrid, looking
at the dragon with misty eyes. ”he really knows me now,
watorbert! ! wheres mommy?”
”hes lost his marbles,” ron muttered in harrys ear.
”hagrid,” said harry loudly, ”give it two weeks as
going to be as long as your house. malfoy bledore
at a.”
hagrid bit his lip.
”i -- i know i t keep him forever, but i t jus dump him,
i t.”
harry suddeo ron. charlie, he said.
”y it, too,” said ron. ”im ron, remember?”
”no -- charlie -- your brother, charlie. in romania. studying
dragons. we d o him. charlie take care of
him a him ba the wild!”
”brilliant!” said ron. ”how about it, hagrid?”
and in the end, hagrid agreed that they d -an owl to
.
the following week dragged by. wednesday night found hermione
and harry sittihe , long after everyone
else had gohe the wall had just
chimed midhe portrait hole burst open. ron appeared
out of noulled off harrys invisibility cloak. he had
been down at hagrids hut, helpi,
eatis by the crate.