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Your aunt and I have been
thinking... you're really getting a bit big for it... we think it might
be nice if you moved into Dudley's second bedroom.
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.
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. People
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"Why?"
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People
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People in
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said Harry.
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in
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in cloaks
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"Don't ask questions!"
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cloaks
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cloaks .
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snapped his uncle.
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.
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. Mr.
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"Take this stuff upstairs,
now."
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Mr.
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Mr. Dursley
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The Dursleys' house had four bedrooms: one for Uncle Vernon and Aunt
Petunia, one for visitors (usually Uncle Vernon's sister, Marge), one
where Dudley slept, and one where Dudley kept all the toys and things
that wouldn't fit into his first bedroom.
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Dursley
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Dursley could
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It only took Harry one trip
upstairs to move everything he owned from the cupboard to this room.
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could
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could n't
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He
sat down on the bed and stared around him.
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n't
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n't bear
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Nearly everything in here was
broken.
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bear
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bear people
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The month-old video camera was lying on top of a small, working
tank Dudley had once driven over the next door neighbor's dog; in the
corner was Dudley's first-ever television set, which he'd put his foot
through when his favorite program had been canceled; there was a large
birdcage, which had once held a parrot that Dudley had swapped at school
for a real air rifle, which was up on a shelf with the end all bent
because Dudley had sat on it.
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people
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people who
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Other shelves were full of books.
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who
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who dressed
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They
were the only things in the room that looked as though they'd never been
touched.
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dressed
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dressed in
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From downstairs came the sound of Dudley bawling at his mother, I don't
want him in there...
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in
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in funny
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I need that room... make him get out...."
Harry sighed and stretched out on the bed.
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funny
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funny clothes
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Yesterday he'd have given
anything to be up here.
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clothes
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clothes --
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Today he'd rather be back in his cupboard with
that letter than up here without it.
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--
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-- the
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Next morning at breakfast, everyone was rather quiet.
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the
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the getups
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Dudley was in
shock.
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getups
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getups you
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He'd screamed, whacked his father with his Smelting stick, been
sick on purpose, kicked his mother, and thrown his tortoise through the
greenhouse roof, and he still didn't have his room back.
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you
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you saw
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Harry was
thinking about this time yesterday and bitterly wishing he'd opened the
letter in the hall.
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saw
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saw on
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Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia kept looking at each
other darkly.
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on
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on young
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When the mail arrived, Uncle Vernon, who seemed to be trying to be nice
to Harry, made Dudley go and get it.
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young
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young people
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They heard him banging things with
his Smelting stick all the way down the hall.
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people
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people !
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Then he shouted, "There's
another one!
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!
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! He
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'Mr.
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He
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He supposed
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H. Potter, The Smallest Bedroom, 4 Privet Drive --'"
With a strangled cry, Uncle Vernon leapt from his seat and ran down the
hall, Harry right behind him.
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supposed
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supposed this
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Uncle Vernon had to wrestle Dudley to the
ground to get the letter from him, which was made difficult by the fact
that Harry had grabbed Uncle Vernon around the neck from behind.
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this
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this was
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After a
minute of confused fighting, in which everyone got hit a lot by the
Smelting stick, Uncle Vernon straightened up, gasping for breath, with
Harry's letter clutched in his hand.
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was
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was some
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"Go to your cupboard -- I mean, your bedroom," he wheezed at Harry.
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some
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some stupid
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"Dudley -- go -- just go."
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stupid
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stupid new
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Harry walked round and round his new room.
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new
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new fashion
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Someone knew he had moved out
of his cupboard and they seemed to know he hadn't received his first
letter.
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fashion
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fashion .
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Surely that meant they'd try again?
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.
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. He
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And this time he'd make sure
they didn't fail.
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He
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He drummed
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He had a plan.
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drummed
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drummed his
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The repaired alarm clock rang at six o'clock the next morning.
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his
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his fingers
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Harry
turned it off quickly and dressed silently.
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fingers
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fingers on
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He mustn't wake the
Dursleys.
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on
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on the
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He stole downstairs without turning on any of the lights.
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the
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the steering
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He was going to wait for the postman on the corner of Privet Drive and
get the letters for number four first.
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steering
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steering wheel
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His heart hammered as he crept
across the dark hall toward the front door --
Harry leapt into the air; he'd trodden on something big and squashy on
the doormat -- something alive!
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wheel
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wheel and
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Lights clicked on upstairs and to his horror Harry realized that the
big, squashy something had been his uncle's face.
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and
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and his
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Uncle Vernon had been
lying at the foot of the front door in a sleeping bag, clearly making
sure that Harry didn't do exactly what he'd been trying to do.
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his
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his eyes
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He
shouted at Harry for about half an hour and then told him to go and make
a cup of tea.
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eyes
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eyes fell
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Harry shuffled miserably off into the kitchen and by the
time he got back, the mail had arrived, right into Uncle Vernon's lap.
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fell
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fell on
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Harry could see three letters addressed in green ink.
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on
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on a
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I want --" he began, but Uncle Vernon was tearing the letters into
pieces before his eyes.
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a
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a huddle
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Uncle Vernon didnt go to work that day.
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huddle
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huddle of
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He
stayed at home and nailed up the mail slot.
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of
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of these
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"See," he explained to Aunt Petunia through a mouthful of nails, "if
they can't deliver them they'll just give up."
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these
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these weirdos
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"I'm not sure that'll work, Vernon."
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weirdos
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weirdos standing
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"Oh, these people's minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they're not
like you and me," said Uncle Vernon, trying to knock in a nail with the
piece of fruitcake Aunt Petunia had just brought him.
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standing
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standing quite
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On Friday, no less than twelve letters arrived for Harry.
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quite
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quite close
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As they
couldn't go through the mail slot they had been pushed under the door,
slotted through the sides, and a few even forced through the small
window in the downstairs bathroom.
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close
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close by
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Uncle Vernon stayed at home again.
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by
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by .
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After burning all the letters, he got
out a hammer and nails and boarded up the cracks around the front and
back doors so no one could go out.
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.
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. They
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He hummed "Tiptoe Through the Tulips"
as he worked, and jumped at small noises.
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They
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They were
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On Saturday, things began to get out of hand.
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were
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were whispering
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Twenty-four letters to
Harry found their way into the house, rolled up and hidden inside each
of the two dozen eggs that their very confused milkman had handed Aunt
Petunia through the living room window.
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whispering
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whispering excitedly
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While Uncle Vernon made furious
telephone calls to the post office and the dairy trying to find someone
to complain to, Aunt Petunia shredded the letters in her food processor.
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excitedly
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excitedly together
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"Who on earth wants to talk to you this badly?"
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together
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together .
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Dudley asked Harry in
amazement.
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.
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. Mr.
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On Sunday morning, Uncle Vernon sat down at the breakfast table looking
tired and rather ill, but happy.
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Mr.
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Mr. Dursley
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"No post on Sundays," he reminded them cheerfully as he spread marmalade
on his newspapers, "no damn letters today --"
Something came whizzing down the kitchen chimney as he spoke and caught
him sharply on the back of the head.
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Dursley
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Dursley was
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Next moment, thirty or forty
letters came pelting out of the fireplace like bullets.
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was
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was enraged
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The Dursleys
ducked, but Harry leapt into the air trying to catch one.
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enraged
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enraged to
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"Out!
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to
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to see
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OUT!"
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see
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see that
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Uncle Vernon seized Harry around the waist and threw him into the hall.
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that
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that a
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When Aunt Petunia and Dudley had run out with their arms over their
faces, Uncle Vernon slammed the door shut.
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a
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a couple
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They could hear the letters
still streaming into the room, bouncing off the walls and floor.
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couple
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couple of
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"That does it," said Uncle Vernon, trying to speak calmly but pulling
great tufts out of his mustache at the same time.
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of
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of them
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I want you all back
here in five minutes ready to leave.
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them
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them were
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We're going away.
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were
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were n't
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Just pack some
clothes.
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n't
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n't young
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No arguments!"
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young
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young at
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He looked so dangerous with half his mustache missing that no one dared
argue.
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at
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at all
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Ten minutes later they had wrenched their way through the
boarded-up doors and were in the car, speeding toward the highway.
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all
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all ;
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Dudley was sniffling in the back seat; his father had hit him round the
head for holding them up while he tried to pack his television, VCR, and
computer in his sports bag.
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;
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; why
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They drove.
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why
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why ,
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And they drove.
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,
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, that
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Even Aunt Petunia didn't dare ask where they
were going.
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that
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that man
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Every now and then Uncle Vernon would take a sharp turn and
drive in the opposite direction for a while.
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man
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man had
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"Shake'em off... shake 'em
off," he would mutter whenever he did this.
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had
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had to
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They didn't stop to eat or drink all day.
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to
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to be
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By nightfall Dudley was
howling.
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be
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be older
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He'd never had such a bad day in his life.
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older
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older than
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He was hungry, he'd
missed five television programs he'd wanted to see, and he'd never gone
so long without blowing up an alien on his computer.
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than
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than he
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Uncle Vernon stopped at last outside a gloomy-looking hotel on the
outskirts of a big city.
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he
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he was
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Dudley and Harry shared a room with twin beds
and damp, musty sheets.
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was
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was ,
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Dudley snored but Harry stayed awake, sitting on
the windowsill, staring down at the lights of passing cars and
wondering....
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,
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, and
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They ate stale cornflakes and cold tinned tomatoes on toast for
breakfast the next day.
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and
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and wearing
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They had just finished when the owner of the
hotel came over to their table.
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wearing
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wearing an
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"'Scuse me, but is one of you Mr. H. Potter?
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an
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an emerald-green
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Only I got about an 'undred
of these at the front desk."
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emerald-green
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emerald-green cloak
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She held up a letter so they could read the green ink address:
Mr. H. Potter
Room 17
Railview Hotel
Cokeworth
Harry made a grab for the letter but Uncle Vernon knocked his hand out
of the way.
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cloak
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cloak !
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The woman stared.
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!
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! The
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"I'll take them," said Uncle Vernon, standing up quickly and following
her from the dining room.
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The
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The nerve
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Wouldn't it be better just to go home, dear?"
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nerve
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nerve of
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