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There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.

Their feather rose off the desk and hovered about four feet above their heads. Hermione rolled up the sleeves of her gown, flicked her wand and said, Wingardium Leviosa!' 'You do it, then, if you're so clever' Ron snarled. 'It's Wing- gar-dium Levi- o-sa, make the 'gar' nice and long.' 'You're saying it wrong,' Harry heard Hermione snap.

Wingardium Leviosa!' he shouted, waving his long arms like a windmill.

We could all have been killed - or worse, expelled.

I hope you're pleased with yourselves.

'I couldn't help overhearing what you and Malfoy were saying 'Bet you could', Ron muttered.

'Throw it away and punch him on the nose,' Ron suggested.

'And what if I wave my wand and nothing happens?'.

This was so unfair that Harry opened his mouth to argue, but Ron kicked him behind their cauldron. 'You - Potter - why didn't you tell him not to add the quills! Thought he'd make you look good if he got it wrong, did you? That's another point you've lost for Gryffindor.' Then he rounded on Harry and Ron, who had been working next to Neville.

'Take him up to the hospital wing,' Snape spat at Seamus.

Over the noise, Snape said, 'And a point will be taken from Gryffindor house for your cheek, Potter.'

There was a sudden rummaging for quills and parchment. Well? Why aren't you all copying that down?' As for monkshood and wolfsbane, they are the same plant, which also goes by the name of aconite. A bezoar is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat and it will save you from most poisons. 'For your information, Potter, asphodel and wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful it is known as the Draught of Living Death. 'I think Hermione does, though, why don't you try asking her?'ДЄ few people laughed Harry caught sight of Seamus's eye and Seamus winked. 'What is the difference, Potter, between monkshood and wolfsbane?'ДЄt this, Hermione stood up, her hand stretching towards the dungeon ceiling.

Snape was still ignoring Hermione's quivering hand.

Harry potter book 1 funny how to#

I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even put a stopper on death - if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach.' I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses. 'As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic. He spoke in barely more than a whisper, but they caught every word - like Professor McGonagall, Snape had the gift of keeping a class silent without effort.

'You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making,' he began.

'Ah, yes,' he said softly, 'Harry Potter.

'He's a genius! Best wizard in the world! But he is a bit mad, yes.

'Is he - a bit mad?' he asked Percy uncertainly.

And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you.

Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words.

'Whatever house I'm in, I hope she's not in it,' said Ron.

'Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother? Can't you tell I'm George?' 'I'm not Fred, I'm George,' said the boy.

'Fred, you next,' the plump woman said.

'There is no platform nine and three-quarters.'

'Don't talk rubbish,' said Uncle Vernon.

The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters ДЄ Platform Nine and three-quarters sign at King's Cross Station.

Spoken by Garrick Ollivander, the Wandmaker.

After all, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great things - terrible, yes, but great.' I think we must expect great things from you, Mr Potter.

'Curious indeed how these things happen.

Engraved on the doors of Gringotts Bank.

Of what awaits the sin of greed, For those who take, but do not earn, Must pay most dearly in their turn, So if you seek beneath our floors A treasure that was never yours, Thief, you have been warned, beware Of finding more than treasure there.

'NEVER-INSULT-ALBUS-DUMBLEDORE-IN-FRONT-OF-ME!'.

They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense. Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

14 About Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

4 The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.