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Aunt Petunia burst
into tears and said she couldn't believe it was her Ickle Dudleykins, he
looked so handsome and grown-up.
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--
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-- no
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Harry didn't trust himself to speak.
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no
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no ,
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He
thought two of his ribs might already have cracked from trying not to
laugh.
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,
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, looking
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There was a horrible smell in the kitchen the next morning when Harry
went in for breakfast.
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looking
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looking at
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It seemed to be coming from a large metal tub in
the sink.
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at
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at the
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He went to have a look.
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the
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the sign
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The tub was full of what looked like
dirty rags swimming in gray water.
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sign
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sign ;
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"What's this?"
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;
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; cats
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he asked Aunt Petunia.
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cats
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cats could
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Her lips tightened as they always
did if he dared to ask a question.
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could
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could n't
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"Your new school uniform," she said.
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n't
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n't read
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Harry looked in the bowl again.
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read
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read maps
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"Oh," he said, "I didn't realize it had to be so wet."
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maps
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maps or
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"DotA be stupid," snapped Aunt Petunia.
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or
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or signs
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"I'm dyeing some of Dudley's old
things gray for you.
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signs
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signs .
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It'll look just like everyone else's when I've
finished."
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.
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. Mr.
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Harry seriously doubted this, but thought it best not to argue.
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Mr.
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Mr. Dursley
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He sat
down at the table and tried not to think about how he was going to look
on his first day at Stonewall High -- like he was wearing bits of old
elephant skin, probably.
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Dursley
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Dursley gave
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Dudley and Uncle Vernon came in, both with wrinkled noses because of the
smell from Harry's new uniform.
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gave
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gave himself
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Uncle Vernon opened his newspaper as
usual and Dudley banged his Smelting stick, which he carried everywhere,
on the table.
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himself
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himself a
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They heard the click of the mail slot and flop of letters on the
doormat.
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a
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a little
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"Get the mail, Dudley," said Uncle Vernon from behind his paper.
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little
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little shake
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"Make Harry get it."
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shake
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shake and
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"Get the mail, Harry."
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and
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and put
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"Make Dudley get it."
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put
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put the
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"Poke him with your Smelting stick, Dudley."
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the
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the cat
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Harry dodged the Smelting stick and went to get the mail.
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cat
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cat out
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Three things
lay on the doormat: a postcard from Uncle Vernon's sister Marge, who was
vacationing on the Isle of Wight, a brown envelope that looked like a
bill, and -- a letter for Harry.
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out
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out of
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Harry picked it up and stared at it, his heart twanging like a giant
elastic band.
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of
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of his
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No one, ever, in his whole life, had written to him.
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his
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his mind
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Who
would?
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mind
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mind .
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He had no friends, no other relatives -- he didn't belong to the
library, so he'd never even got rude notes asking for books back.
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.
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. As
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Yet
here it was, a letter, addressed so plainly there could be no mistake:
Mr. H. Potter
The Cupboard under the Stairs
4 Privet Drive
Little Whinging
Surrey
The envelope was thick and heavy, made of yellowish parchment, and the
address was written in emerald-green ink.
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As
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As he
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There was no stamp.
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he
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he drove
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Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax
seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake
surrounding a large letter H.
"Hurry up, boy!"
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drove
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drove toward
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shouted Uncle Vernon from the kitchen.
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toward
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toward town
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"What are you
doing, checking for letter bombs?"
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town
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town he
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He chuckled at his own joke.
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he
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he thought
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Harry went back to the kitchen, still staring at his letter.
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thought
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thought of
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He handed
Uncle Vernon the bill and the postcard, sat down, and slowly began to
open the yellow envelope.
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of
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of nothing
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Uncle Vernon ripped open the bill, snorted in disgust, and flipped over
the postcard.
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nothing
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nothing except
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"Marge's ill," he informed Aunt Petunia.
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except
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except a
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"Ate a funny whelk.
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a
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a large
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--."
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large
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large order
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"Dad!"
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order
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order of
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said Dudley suddenly.
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of
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of drills
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"Dad, Harry's got something!"
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drills
|
drills he
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Harry was on the point of unfolding his letter, which was written on the
same heavy parchment as the envelope, when it was jerked sharply out of
his hand by Uncle Vernon.
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he
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he was
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"That's mine!"
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was
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was hoping
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said Harry, trying to snatch it back.
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hoping
|
hoping to
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"Who'd be writing to you?"
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to
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to get
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sneered Uncle Vernon, shaking the letter open
with one hand and glancing at it.
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get
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get that
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His face went from red to green faster
than a set of traffic lights.
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that
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that day
|
And it didn't stop there.
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day
|
day .
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Within seconds
it was the grayish white of old porridge.
|
.
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. But
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"P-P-Petunia!"
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But
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But on
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he gasped.
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on
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on the
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Dudley tried to grab the letter to read it, but Uncle Vernon held it
high out of his reach.
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the
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the edge
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Aunt Petunia took it curiously and read the first
line.
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edge
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edge of
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For a moment it looked as though she might faint.
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of
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of town
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She clutched her
throat and made a choking noise.
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town
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town ,
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"Vernon!
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,
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, drills
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Oh my goodness -- Vernon!"
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drills
|
drills were
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They stared at each other, seeming to have forgotten that Harry and
Dudley were still in the room.
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were
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were driven
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Dudley wasn't used to being ignored.
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driven
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driven out
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He
gave his father a sharp tap on the head with his Smelting stick.
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out
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out of
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"I want to read that letter," he said loudly.
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of
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of his
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want to read it," said
Harry furiously, "as it's mine."
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his
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his mind
|
"Get out, both of you," croaked Uncle Vernon, stuffing the letter back
inside its envelope.
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mind
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mind by
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Harry didn't move.
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by
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by something
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I WANT MY LETTER!"
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something
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something else
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he shouted.
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else
|
else .
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"Let me see it!"
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.
|
. As
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demanded Dudley.
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As
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As he
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"OUT!"
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he
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he sat
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roared Uncle Vernon, and he took both Harry and Dudley by the
scruffs of their necks and threw them into the hall, slamming the
kitchen door behind them.
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sat
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sat in
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Harry and Dudley promptly had a furious but
silent fight over who would listen at the keyhole; Dudley won, so Harry,
his glasses dangling from one ear, lay flat on his stomach to listen at
the crack between door and floor.
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in
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in the
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"Vernon," Aunt Petunia was saying in a quivering voice, "look at the
address -- how could they possibly know where he sleeps?
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the
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the usual
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You don't think
they're watching the house?"
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usual
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usual morning
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"Watching -- spying -- might be following us," muttered Uncle Vernon
wildly.
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morning
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morning traffic
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"But what should we do, Vernon?
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traffic
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traffic jam
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Should we write back?
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jam
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jam ,
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Tell them we don't
want --"
Harry could see Uncle Vernon's shiny black shoes pacing up and down the
kitchen.
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,
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, he
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"No," he said finally.
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he
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he could
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"No, we'll ignore it.
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could
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could n't
|
If they don't get an
answer...
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n't
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n't help
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Yes, that's best... we won't do anything....
"But --"
"I'm not having one in the house, Petunia!
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help
|
help noticing
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Didn't we swear when we took
him in we'd stamp out that dangerous nonsense?"
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noticing
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noticing that
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That evening when he got back from work, Uncle Vernon did something he'd
never done before; he visited Harry in his cupboard.
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that
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that there
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"Where's my letter?"
|
there
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there seemed
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said Harry, the moment Uncle Vernon had squeezed
through the door.
|
seemed
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seemed to
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"Who's writing to me?"
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to
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to be
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"No one.
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be
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be a
|
it was addressed to you by mistake," said Uncle Vernon shortly.
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a
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a lot
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"I have burned it."
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lot
|
lot of
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"It was not a mistake," said Harry angrily, "it had my cupboard on it."
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of
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of strangely
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"SILENCE!"
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strangely
|
strangely dressed
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yelled Uncle Vernon, and a couple of spiders fell from the
ceiling.
|
dressed
|
dressed people
|
He took a few deep breaths and then forced his face into a
smile, which looked quite painful.
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people
|
people about
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"Er -- yes, Harry -- about this cupboard.
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about
|
about .
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