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It
so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather is in your wand, gave
another feather -- just one other.
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.
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. Mr.
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It is very curious indeed that you
should be destined for this wand when its brother why, its brother gave
you that scar."
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Mr.
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Mr. Dursley
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Harry swallowed.
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Dursley
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Dursley tried
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"Yes, thirteen-and-a-half inches.
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tried
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tried to
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Yew.
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to
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to act
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Curious indeed how these things
happen.
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act
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act normally
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The wand chooses the wizard, remember....
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normally
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normally .
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I think we must expect
great things from you, Mr. Potter.... After all, He-
Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great things -- terrible, yes, but great."
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.
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. When
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Harry shivered.
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When
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When Dudley
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He wasn't sure he liked Mr. Ollivander too much.
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Dudley
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Dudley had
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He paid
seven gold Galleons for his wand, and Mr. Ollivander bowed them from his
shop.
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had
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had been
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The late afternoon sun hung low in the sky as Harry and Hagrid made
their way back down Diagon Alley, back through the wall, back through
the Leaky Cauldron, now empty.
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been
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been put
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Harry didn't speak at all as they walked
down the road; he didn't even notice how much people were gawking at
them on the Underground, laden as they were with all their funny-shaped
packages, with the snowy owl asleep in its cage on Harry's lap.
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put
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put to
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Up
another escalator, out into Paddington station; Harry only realized
where they were when Hagrid tapped him on the shoulder.
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to
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to bed
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"Got time fer a bite to eat before yer train leaves," he said.
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bed
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bed ,
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He bought Harry a hamburger and they sat down on plastic seats to eat
them.
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,
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, he
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Harry kept looking around.
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he
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he went
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Everything looked so strange, somehow.
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went
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went into
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"You all right, Harry?
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into
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into the
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Yer very quiet," said Hagrid.
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the
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the living
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Harry wasn't sure he could explain.
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living
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living room
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He'd just had the best birthday of
his life -- and yet -- he chewed his hamburger, trying to find the
words.
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room
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room in
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"Everyone thinks I'm special," he said at last.
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in
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in time
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"All those people in the
Leaky Cauldron, Professor Quirrell, Mr. Ollivander... but I don't know
anything about magic at all.
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time
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time to
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How can they expect great things?
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to
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to catch
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I'm
famous and I can't even remember what I'm famous for.
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catch
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catch the
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I don't know what
happened when Vol-, sorry -- I mean, the night my parents died."
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the
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the last
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Hagrid leaned across the table.
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last
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last report
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Behind the wild beard and eyebrows he
wore a very kind smile.
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report
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report on
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"Don' you worry, Harry.
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on
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on the
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You'll learn fast enough.
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the
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the evening
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Everyone starts at the
beginning at Hogwarts, you'll be just fine.
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evening
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evening news
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just be yerself.
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news
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news :
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I know it's
hard.
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:
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: ''
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Yeh've been singled out, an' that's always hard.
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''
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'' And
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But yeh'll have a
great time at Hogwarts -- I did -- still do, 'smatter of fact."
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And
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And finally
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Hagrid helped Harry on to the train that would take him back to the
Dursleys, then handed him an envelope.
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finally
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finally ,
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"Yer ticket fer Hogwarts, " he said.
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,
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, bird-watchers
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"First o' September -- King's Cross
-- it's all on yer ticket.
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bird-watchers
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bird-watchers everywhere
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Any problems with the Dursleys, send me a
letter with yer owl, she'll know where to find me.... See yeh soon,
Harry."
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everywhere
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everywhere have
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The train pulled out of the station.
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have
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have reported
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Harry wanted to watch Hagrid until
he was out of sight; he rose in his seat and pressed his nose against
the window, but he blinked and Hagrid had gone.
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reported
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reported that
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CHAPTER SIX
THE JOURNEY FROM PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS
Harry's last month with the Dursleys wasn't fun.
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that
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that the
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True, Dudley was now so
scared of Harry he wouldn't stay in the same room, while Aunt Petunia
and Uncle Vernon didn't shut Harry in his cupboard, force him to do
anything, or shout at him -- in fact, they didn't speak to him at all.
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the
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the nation
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Half terrified, half furious, they acted as though any chair with Harry
in it were empty.
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nation
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nation 's
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Although this was an improvement in many ways, it did
become a bit depressing after a while.
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's
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's owls
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Harry kept to his room, with his new owl for company.
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owls
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owls have
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He had decided to
call her Hedwig, a name he had found in A History of Magic.
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have
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have been
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His school
books were very interesting.
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been
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been behaving
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He lay on his bed reading late into the
night, Hedwig swooping in and out of the open window as she pleased.
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behaving
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behaving very
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It
was lucky that Aunt Petunia didn't come in to vacuum anymore, because
Hedwig kept bringing back dead mice.
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very
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very unusually
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Every night before he went to
sleep, Harry ticked off another day on the piece of paper he had pinned
to the wall, counting down to September the first.
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unusually
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unusually today
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On the last day of August he thought he'd better speak to his aunt and
uncle about getting to King's Cross station the next day, so he went
down to the living room where they were watching a quiz show on
television.
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today
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today .
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He cleared his throat to let them know he was there, and
Dudley screamed and ran from the room.
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.
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. Although
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"Er -- Uncle Vernon?"
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Although
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Although owls
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Uncle Vernon grunted to show he was listening.
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owls
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owls normally
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"Er -- I need to be at King's Cross tomorrow to -- to go to Hogwarts."
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normally
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normally hunt
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Uncle Vernon grunted again.
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hunt
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hunt at
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"Would it be all right if you gave me a lift?"
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at
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at night
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Grunt.
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night
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night and
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Harry supposed that meant yes.
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and
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and are
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"Thank you."
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are
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are hardly
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He was about to go back upstairs when Uncle Vernon actually spoke.
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hardly
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hardly ever
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"Funny way to get to a wizards' school, the train.
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ever
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ever seen
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Magic carpets all got
punctures, have they?"
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seen
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seen in
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Harry didn't say anything.
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in
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in daylight
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"Where is this school, anyway?"
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daylight
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daylight ,
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"I don't know," said Harry, realizing this for the first time.
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,
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, there
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He pulled
the ticket Hagrid had given him out of his pocket.
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there
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there have
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"I just take the train from platform nine and three-quarters at eleven
o'clock," he read.
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have
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have been
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His aunt and uncle stared.
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been
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been hundreds
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"Platform what?"
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hundreds
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hundreds of
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"Nine and three-quarters."
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of
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of sightings
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"Don't talk rubbish," said Uncle Vernon.
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sightings
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sightings of
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"There is no platform nine and
three-quarters."
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of
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of these
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"It's on my ticket."
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these
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these birds
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"Barking," said Uncle Vernon, "howling mad, the lot of them.
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birds
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birds flying
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You'll see.
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flying
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flying in
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You just wait.
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in
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in every
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All right, we'll take you to King's Cross.
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every
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every direction
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We're going up
to London tomorrow anyway, or I wouldn't bother."
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direction
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direction since
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"Why are you going to London?"
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since
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since sunrise
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Harry asked, trying to keep things
friendly.
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sunrise
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sunrise .
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"Taking Dudley to the hospital," growled Uncle Vernon.
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.
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. Experts
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"Got to have that
ruddy tail removed before he goes to Smeltings."
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Experts
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Experts are
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Harry woke at five o'clock the next morning and was too excited and
nervous to go back to sleep.
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are
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are unable
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He got up and pulled on his jeans because
he didn't want to walk into the station in his wizard's robes -- he'd
change on the train.
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unable
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unable to
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He checked his Hogwarts list yet again to make sure
he had everything he needed, saw that Hedwig was shut safely in her
cage, and then paced the room, waiting for the Dursleys to get up.
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to
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to explain
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Two
hours later, Harry's huge, heavy trunk had been loaded into the
Dursleys' car, Aunt Petunia had talked Dudley into sitting next to
Harry, and they had set off.
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explain
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explain why
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They reached King's Cross at half past ten.
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why
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why the
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Uncle Vernon dumped Harry's
trunk onto a cart and wheeled it into the station for him.
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the
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the owls
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Harry thought
this was strangely kind until Uncle Vernon stopped dead, facing the
platforms with a nasty grin on his face.
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owls
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owls have
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"Well, there you are, boy.
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have
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have suddenly
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Platform nine -- platform ten.
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suddenly
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suddenly changed
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Your platform
should be somewhere in the middle, but they don't seem to have built it
yet, do they?"
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changed
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changed their
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He was quite right, of course.
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their
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their sleeping
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There was a big plastic number nine over
one platform and a big plastic number ten over the one next to it, and
in the middle, nothing at all.
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sleeping
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sleeping pattern
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"Have a good term," said Uncle Vernon with an even nastier smile.
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pattern
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pattern .
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He
left without another word.
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.
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. ''
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Harry turned and saw the Dursleys drive away.
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''
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'' The
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