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by
J.K. Rowling
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June 17 - June 25, 2017
it kept lighting up at dinner last night.
Extremely unusual though he was, at that moment Harry Potter felt just like everyone else — glad, for the first time in his life, that it was his birthday.
“When will they learn,” said Uncle Vernon, pounding the table with his large purple fist, “that hanging’s the only way to deal with these people?”
Muggles have been told that Black is carrying a gun (a kind of metal wand that Muggles use to kill each other),
gave Harry free sundaes every half an hour.
Broken Balls:
Scabbers was looking thinner than usual, and there was a definite droop to his whiskers.
The witch’s eyes moved from Scabbers’s tattered left ear to his front paw, which had a toe missing,
“Black’s not going to be caught by a thirteen-year-old wizard.
Harry will be perfectly safe at Hogwarts.”
Black lost everything the night Harry stopped You-Know-Who, and he’s had twelve years alone in Azkaban to brood on that. . . .”
the safest place on earth was wherever Albus Dumbledore happened to be.
“I’m not going to be murdered,” Harry said out loud. “That’s the spirit, dear,” said his mirror sleepily.
“I don’t go looking for trouble,” said Harry, nettled. “Trouble usually finds me.”
a hundred stagecoaches awaited the remaining students, each pulled, Harry could only assume, by an invisible horse, because when they climbed inside and shut the door, the coach set off all by itself, bumping and swaying in procession.
They reached their familiar, circular dormitory with its five four-poster beds, and Harry, looking around, felt he was home at last.
they’ve got you down for about ten subjects a day. There isn’t enough time.”
in February by a nasty bout of flu. I myself will lose my voice. And around Easter, one of our number will leave us forever.”
this way it looks more like an acorn. . . . What’s that?” He scanned his copy of Unfogging the Future. “‘A windfall, unexpected gold.’ Excellent, you can lend me some
the Grim!” cried Professor Trelawney, who looked shocked that Harry hadn’t understood. “The giant, spectral dog that haunts churchyards! My dear boy, it is an omen — the worst omen — of death!” Harry’s stomach lurched. That dog on the cover of Death Omens in Flourish and Blotts — the dog in the shadows of Magnolia Crescent
He hardly heard what Professor McGonagall was telling them about Animagi (wizards who could transform at will into animals),
“We should have stroked them!
“I’m allowed to walk across the grounds,” he said pointedly. “Sirius Black hasn’t got past the dementors here, has he?”
“I was hoping that Neville would assist me with the first stage of the operation,” he said, “and I am sure he will perform it admirably.”
Neville let out a great “Ha!” of laughter, and the boggart exploded, burst into a thousand tiny wisps of smoke, and was gone.
His eyes flashed menacingly at the very mention of Professor Lupin’s name,
“And me,” he added as an afterthought. “We think you’re very good too, Oliver,” said George. “Spanking good Keeper,” said Fred.
“There’s something funny about that animal!” said Ron,
“Don’t mind Hermione, Lavender,” said Ron loudly, “she doesn’t think other people’s pets matter very much.”
He thought for a moment of telling Lupin about the dog he’d seen in Magnolia Crescent but decided not to.
what you fear most of all is — fear.
“Nasty temper he’s got, that Sirius Black.”
I’d like to see the disguise that could fool those dementors.
no dementor will cross the threshold of this castle while I am headmaster.”
like an extremely pompous guard dog.
Professor McGonagall considered him intently. Harry knew she was deeply interested in the Gryffindor team’s prospects;
“Well . . . goodness knows, I’d like to see us win the Cup at last . . . but all the same, Potter . . . I’d be happier if a teacher were present. I’ll ask Madam Hooch to oversee your training sessions.”
“Five more points from Gryffindor for being an insufferable know-it-all.”
“Why couldn’t Black have hidden in Snape’s office, eh? He could have finished him off for us!”
“There are plenty of mice around this place — go and chase them. Go on,” he added, nudging Crookshanks down the spiral staircase with his foot. “Leave Scabbers alone.”
He handed them to her, and as the team watched in amazement, Hermione tapped them with her wand and said, “Impervius!” “There!” she said, handing them back to Harry. “They’ll repel water!”
A shrill voice was laughing, the woman was screaming, and Harry knew no more.
for the first time ever, he had lost a Quidditch match.
it had now appeared twice, and both appearances had been followed by near-fatal accidents;
“They planted the Whomping Willow the same year that I arrived at Hogwarts.
“The dementors affect you worse than the others because there are horrors in your past that the others don’t have.”
“I can hear Voldemort murdering my mum.” Lupin made a sudden motion with his arm as though to grip Harry’s shoulder,
“But Sirius Black escaped from them,” Harry said slowly. “He got away. . . .” Lupin’s briefcase slipped from the desk;
“Mum and Dad would really love those Toothflossing Stringmints from Honeydukes!”
“Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs,” sighed George, patting the heading of the map. “We owe them so much.” “Noble men, working tirelessly to help a new generation of lawbreakers,”
