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The door swung open at once. A tall, black-haired witch in emerald-green robes stood there. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehIvnUQtWA
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"Minnie!" I exclaimed, before realizing this might not be the time for nicknames. I covered my face with my hands as I blushed scarlet. I heard a soft chuckle and slowly peaked out from the spaces between my fingers. She had a very stern expression on her face, but her eyes twinkled at me as she struggled to maintain her composure. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LVHBek58C
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"Thank you, Hagrid. I will take them from here." She pulled the door wide. The entrance hall was so big you could have fit the whole orphanage in it. The stone walls were lit with flaming torches like the ones at Gringotts, the ceiling was too high to make out, and a magnificent marble staircase facing them led to the upper floors. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphmbxseaB1
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We followed Professor McGonagall across the flagged stone floor. I could hear the drone of hundreds of voices from a doorway to the right. The rest of the school must already be there but Professor McGonagall ushered us first years into a small, empty chamber off the hall. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EzqEaBvxZ
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We crowded in, standing rather closer together than we would usually have done, peering about nervously. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5jSD7H229
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"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Professor McGonagall. "The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses. The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory, and spend free time in your house common room. The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your house points, while any rule breaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup, a great honor. I hope each of you will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours. The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting." Her eyes lingered for a moment on Neville's cloak, which was fastened under his left ear, and on Ron's smudged nose. I noticed Harry nervously trying to flatten his hair and thought he was fighting a lost battle.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWufdi7rdS
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"I shall return when we are ready for you," said Professor McGonagall."Please wait quietly." She left the chamber.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkDhhhZqhj
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"How exactly do they sort us into houses?" I asked Ron. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6Q1yuj1UK
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"Some sort of test, I think. Fred said it hurts a lot, but I think he was joking." My heart gave a horrible jolt. A test? In front of the whole school? But I didn't know any magic yet. What on earth would we have to do? I hadn't expected something like this the moment they arrived. I looked around anxiously and saw that everyone else looked terrified, too. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tttMTF6AR
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Then something happened that made me jump about a foot in the air and several people behind me scream.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4jySkGFnQ
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"What the...?" I gasped. So did the people around me. About twenty ghosts had just streamed through the back wall. Pearly-white and slightly transparent, they glided across the room talking to one another and hardly glancing at us. They seemed to be arguing. What looked like a fat little monk was saying: 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYnxGs8kUC
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"Forgive and forget, I say, we ought to give him a second chance..."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGG88xnfW3
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"My dear Friar, haven't we given Peeves all the chances he deserves? He gives us all a bad name and you know, he's not really even a ghost...I say, what are you all doing here?" A ghost wearing a ruff and tights had suddenly noticed the first years. Nobody answered. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4svVgJbDca
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"New students!" said the Fat Friar, smiling around at them. "About to be Sorted, I suppose?" A few people nodded mutely." Hope to see you in Hufflepuff!" said the Friar. "My old house, you know." 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKptq72OioM
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"Move along now," said a sharp voice. "The Sorting Ceremony's about to start." Prof. McGonagall had returned. One by one, the ghosts floated away through the opposite wall. "Now, form a line," she told us, "and follow me." 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFPVgYbveV
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Harry and I got into line behind a boy with sandy hair, with Ron behind us, as we walked out of the chamber, back across the hall, and through a pair of double doors into the Great Hall. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOXIwqMKi2
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I felt my jaw drop as a stared around with wide-eyes. It was lit by thousands and thousands of candles that were floating in mid air over four long tables, where the rest of the students were sitting. These tables were laid with glittering golden plates and goblets. At the top of the hall was another long table where the teachers were sitting. Minnie led us up through the center until we came to a halt in a line facing the other students, with the teachers behind us. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflwApHuD4c
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The hundreds of faces staring at me looked like pale lanterns in the flickering candlelight. Dotted here and there among the students, the ghosts shone misty silver. Mainly to avoid all the staring eyes, I looked upward and saw a velvety black ceiling dotted with stars. I nudged Harry and whispered, "Its bewitched to look like the sky outside. I read about it in Hogwarts, A History." 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGayuDQsfWp
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It was hard to believe there was a ceiling there at all, and that the Great Hall didn't simply open on to the heavens. I quickly looked down again as Prof. McGonagall silently placed a four-legged stool in front of us. On top of the stool she put a pointed wizard's hat. This hat was patched and frayed and extremely dirty. Everyone in the hall was now staring at the hat, so I continued to stare at it too, unsure of what was supposed to be happening.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOI533fpZNP
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For a few seconds, there was complete silence. Then the hat twitched. A rip near the brim opened wide like a mouth - and the hat began to sing: 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorBlsMLka7
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And I can cap them all. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMMY5EqO4x
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The Sorting Hat can't see, 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gn8yQheSv
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Where you ought to be. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdLy1oiey0
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You might belong in Gryffindor, 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtINpkBN7b
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Where dwell the brave at heart, 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgEKrm1zVC
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Their daring, nerve, and chivalry 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK83f3Qu6rt
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Set Gryffindors apart; 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkA1NBJc1YI
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You might belong in Hufflepuff, 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZIHqjIUEj
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Where they are just and loyal, 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwoiyYImF1
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And unafraid of toil; 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQJwrjkKOb
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Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,if you've a ready mind, 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CiDzgX57R
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Where those of wit and learning, 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxp0B6GVCQ8
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Will always find their kind; 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzrGhcYeBz
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Or perhaps in Slytherin 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pXV3ECUNy
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You'll make your real friends, 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6sRi387wL
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Those cunning folk use any means 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTs9OyMfY0
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To achieve their ends. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGoAG4xrrC
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So put me on! Don't be afraid! 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1B0BYCOKP
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And don't get in a flap! 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiPsC168m4
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For I'm a Thinking Cap!" 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0hVNfww9t
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The whole hall burst into applause as the hat finished its song. It bowed to each of the four tables and then became quite still again. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6jpgeCruK
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"So we've just got to try on the hat!" I heard Ron whisper to Harry. "I'll kill Fred, he was going on about wrestling a troll." I smiled weakly. Yes, trying on the hat was a lot better than having to do a spell, but I wish we could have tried it on without everyone watching. The hat seemed to be asking rather a lot; I didn't feel brave or quick-witted or any of it at the moment. If only the hat had mentioned a house for people who felt a bit queasy,that would have been the one for me. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDZe39Q9UD
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Prof. McGonagall now stepped forward holding a long roll of parchment."When I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted," she said. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeFbYvliA9
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"Abbott, Hannah!" 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz95GHW43CD
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A pink-faced girl with blonde pigtails stumbled out of line, put on the hat, which fell right down over her eyes, and sat down. A moments pause...350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFUroGOrcZ
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"HUFFLEPUFF!" shouted the hat. The table on the right cheered and clapped as Hannah went to sit down at the Hufflepuff table. I saw the ghost of the Fat Friar waving merrily at her. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHNJ7pcBNR
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"Bones, Susan!" 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOb1hkOezpy
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"HUFFLEPUFF!" shouted the hat again, and Susan scuttled off to sit next to Hannah. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vhrcvD4sF
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"Boot, Terry!"350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWG3A2aC16A
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"RAVENCLAW!" The table second from the left clapped this time; several Ravenclaws stood up to shake hands with Terry as he joined them. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6PZyAa84N
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"Brocklehurst, Mandy" went to Ravenclaw too, but 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ66stJAbcL
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"Brown, Lavender"became the first new Gryffindor, and the table on the far left exploded with cheers; I could see Ron's twin brothers catcalling.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPboGC60ozi
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"Bulstrode, Millicent" then became a Slytherin. Perhaps it was my imagination, after all we'd heard about Slytherin, but I thought they looked like an unpleasant lot. I was starting to feel definitely sick now. Remembering all the times I was never picked for teams during gym and had to watch on the sidelines. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaYuisGitI
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"Finch-Fletchley, Justin!" 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HMF45KC5F
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"HUFFLEPUFF!" I noticed the hat shouted out the house at once in some cases, but at others it took a little while to decide. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuAldFFlJU
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"Finnigan, Seamus," the sandy-haired boy next to Harry in the line, sat on the stool for almost a whole minute before the hat declared him a Gryffindor. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8QAKfhuAJ
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"Granger, Hermione!"Hermione almost ran to the stool and jammed the hat eagerly on her head. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07jR8Su2h6
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"GRYFFINDOR!" shouted the hat. Ron groaned. A horrible thought struck me, as horrible thoughts always do when you're very nervous. What if I wasn't chosen at all? What if I just sat there with the hat over m eyes for ages, until Prof. McGonagall jerked it off my head and said there had obviously been a mistake and that I'd better get back on the train!350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRliFyREBiV
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When Neville Longbottom was called, he fell over on his way to the stool. The hat took a long time to decide with Neville. When it finally shouted, 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5hkoCtHIW
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"GRYFFINDOR," Neville ran off still wearing it, and had to jog back amid gales of laughter to give it to 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRjE7KcOlL
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Malfoy swaggered forward when his name was called and got his wish at once: the hat had barely touched his head when it screamed, 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6y0E5qXnt
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"SLYTHERIN!"Malfoy went to join his friends Crabbe and Goyle, looking pleased with himself. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVjKG2gpaO
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"Parkinson" then a pair of twin girls, 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOYRGrKbdi
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"Perks, Sally-Anne" and then, 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcW9fPqjBR
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"Potter, Harry!" As Harry stepped forward, whispers suddenly broke out like little hissing fires all over the hall. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyswgI2gKg
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"Potter, did she say?"The Harry Potter?" I clenched my hands into fists as I worried over the fate of my friend. The hat was taking a while to decide and it looked like Harry was mouthing, "Not Slytherin, Not Slytherin. I bounced on the balls of my feet as I waited with baited breath.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlR9ycon33Z
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"GRYFFINDOR!" I heard the shout yell. I high-fived Harry as I cheered him on. I noticed that he was getting the loudest cheer yet. Percy the Prefect got up and shook his hand vigorously, while the Weasley twins yelled, 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yR1WSFEPn
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"We got Potter! We got Potter!" Prof. McGonagall waited for the noise to settle before continuing. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejjnPkEnpj
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"Thomas, Dean," a black boy even taller than Ron, joined Harry at the Gryffindor table. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyPJQqcsQ4
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"Turpin, Lisa," became a Ravenclaw and then it was Ron's turn. He was pale green by now. I crossed his fingers behind my back and a second later the hat had shouted, 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWO7R3ppL2
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"GRYFFINDOR!" I clapped loudly with the rest as Ron collapsed into the chair next to Harry. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7lVWschtK
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"Well done, Ron, excellent," I heard Percy Weasley say pompously across Harry as 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOW4CBO6YV
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"Zabini, Blaise," was made a Slytherin. Now there was only one person left. Me...Minnie smiled reassuringly to me as she called my name.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwsVQGiQh2
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I slowly walked up the steps and carefully sat down on the stool not failing to notice the strange looks I was receiving over my lack of a last name. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKa1IbGiJS
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Hmm," said a small voice in my ear. "Difficult. Very difficult. Plenty of courage, I see. Not a bad mind either. There's talent, my goodness, yes...and a nice thirst to prove yourself, now that's interesting....So where shall I put you? You're so much like your mother and grandfather, but then again, you share your fathers blood and so many of his talents. And yet, even with all the potential for power, you are so very much like a Hufflepuff... and smart as a Raven...hmmm....where to put you, where to put you..." 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1aPWC9eYh
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I gripped the edges of the stool in anticipation as the hat continued to sift through my brain searching for answers. I sat there, my eyes gazing up at the brim of the hat just waiting...and waiting...and waiting. I don't know how long I sat there, but with each passing minute my face grew redder as my fear came true and soon my eyes were beginning to tear up. I stared furiously at the wall straight ahead, determined not to fall apart in front of this large crowd of strangers. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAskp0ZyrW
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After about ten minutes I felt the hat shift and begin to shout. I started to smile, as I waited to hear where I would go.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgK76f7WWLG
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"HUFFLE...No that's not right" the hat muttered as it stilled again....what? I stared up at Minnie in confusion but it was clear she nor anyone else in the room had ever heard the hat change its mind before halfway through. Whispers broke out all over the hall and I just continued to stare at a tiny spot on the wall. My face was so hot by now that I'm sure I looked redder than a tomato. Another ten minutes went by before I felt the brim open wide again. I sucked in a deep breath...350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3DXZODggw
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"RAVENCLA....No , no that's not right either...." Then came the longest pause of them all. I shifted uncomfortably as I heard people start to complain about hunger and boredom. Why me! Why oh why did this have to happen to me of all people?350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAp752cLof1
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After what felt like more than half an hour the Hat finally straightened up and began to talk again. I didn't dare react this time, I had a sinking feeling that I was never going to get sorted.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSkhkikeEy
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"SLYTHER - I straightened up as I started to hear him shout slytherin. No way was I going to be in the same house as that Malfoy kid! But I had no reason to worry because the hat changed its mind yet again.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCORVDHqWX
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"No THAT's not right either your way to much of a Gryffindor to be in Slytherin...girl! What the bloody hell am I supposed to do with you?!" the hat said not bothering to whisper anymore. I could tell that everyone had heard this last comment.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAPPGshVGq
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At this, I couldn't hold it in any longer and the tears spilled over. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rb4w7OtD8
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"How should I know! You're the one who claims to be this amazing magical hat! That's your job not mine!" I shouted angrily to it as furiously swiped away at my cheeks. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5scobj1J3
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"Kat, dear, do you mind giving me a chance to talk to the hat for myself? I'm sure we can get this cleared up soon enough." I heard Minnie say to me as she kindly helped me off the stool and took the hat off my head. Without another word, she placed the hat onto her own head. Her brows furrowed and I could tell that she was having a conversation with it.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEnXs6PCjr
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The whole hall sat and watched in silence and I just stood there like an idiot not knowing what to do. Suddenly, Minnie whipped the hat off and strode over to where Albus Dumbledore sat. She placed the hat on his head as she leaned down and whispered into his ear.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL61BUrmkkr
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This was all too much for me. I plopped down onto the top step and knowing full well that every student was watching, burst into tears. This was so embarrassing! What was gonna happen now? Surely I wouldn't be allowed to stay. They clearly had made a mistake about me...350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyn6mwAVh9O
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A loud scraping sound filled the hall as Prof. Dumbledore stood up and cleared his throat. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdIJY42Kiq
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"Let the feast begin" he said beaming at the students, his arms opened wide, as if nothing strange had just happened. I had looked up when I heard his voice and gasped as I watched the dishes along the tables instantly fill up with food. I had never seen so much to eat on one table before: roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops and lamb chops, sausages, bacon and steak, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, fries, Yorkshire pudding, peas, carrots, gravy, ketchup, and, for some strange reason, peppermint humbugs. It all looked amazing, but I couldn't enjoy it like everyone else was. My appetite had disappeared the minute I had put that stupid hat on my head.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkXDDJCTng
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I had been rejected...by a hat. Sounds silly, but it felt like my heart had just shattered into a million pieces and I started sobbing again; glad that everyone's attention was focused elsewhere now. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD36ym77MV4
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"Oh my poor Kat! Don't cry, everything's gonna be ok. I promise." I heard Minnie say as she swept back over to me and lifted me back onto my feet. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQC932VqveY
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"Am..am I g-g-gonna be sent b-b-back home now..." I stammered sounding worse than Quirrell. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4u406vigBE
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"Of course not Kat! We'll figure this out after dinner, for now just relax and have some food. Here, you can sit next to me and Prof. Snape. How does that sound?" Minnie said soothingly as she walked me over to the staff table and conjured up an extra chair next to one of the professors.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlGRbftr2t
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"T-t-thank you, M-Minnie" I managed to gasp out between sobs.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJB2r7tHv4Y
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"For you, anything..." I thought I heard her murmur under her breath as she piled food onto my plate for me. I shook my head knowing I had probably heard wrong.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDd338djlZe
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I slowly started to make my way through the plate of carrots, lamb chops, boiled potatoes, and gravy as I managed to stop crying. I took a large gulp from the goblet in front of me and before I knew what was happening, I let out a loud hiccup. I gasped and covered my mouth hoping no one heard. I was not so fortunate, however. I heard a quiet chuckle come from my right.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8mgF7jn9Y
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"Oh, my! I'm so sorry, Professor!" I said mortified as a gazed up at the man in jet black robes sitting next to me.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVsM2XkXFr
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"No worries, little one!" he said still chuckling under his breath. "It'll be our little secret." It happened so quickly I wasn't sure if I had seen right, but I think he winked at me! I blushed and looked down at my plate. Today was turning out to be just the greatest day ever. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlFz1UvDUx
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I still wasn't very hungry but I never wasted food so I steadily ate on until I had finished what was on my plate. I still finished earlier than everyone else and yawned as my body told me it was time for sleep.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzECCqkFU1
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I was starting to feel warm and sleepy towards the end of the meal and took a break from the conversation. I looked up at the High Table instead. Hagrid was drinking deeply from his goblet. Professor McGonagall was talking to Professor Dumbledore and Professor Quirrell, in his absurd turban, was talking to a teacher with greasy black hair, a hooked nose, and sallow skin. I noticed his left arm was bent oddly and it was only after I stared long enough that my sleep-filled brain registered Kat's small body asleep next to him as his arm wrapped around her protectively. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8orRMBfX1b
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It happened very suddenly. The hook-nosed teacher looked past Quirrell's turban straight into my eyes...and a sharp, hot pain shot across the scar on my forehead. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rU8PuD9ha
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"Ouch!" I clapped a hand to my head. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6v4CS3MMNx
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"What is it?" asked Percy. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHprpGOtGGi
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"N-nothing." The pain had gone as quickly as it had come. Harder to shake off was the feeling I had gotten from the teacher's look - a feeling that he didn't like me at all. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVP4oVInUmO
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"Who's that teacher talking to Professor Quirrell?" I asked Percy. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLVbmHOR04
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"Oh, you know Quirrell already, do you? No wonder he's looking so nervous, that's Professor Snape. He teaches Potions, but he doesn't want to - everyone knows he's after Quirrell's job. Knows an awful lot about the Dark Arts, Snape." I continued to watch Snape for a while, but Snape didn't look at me again. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFPJlNpW8O
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At last, the desserts too disappeared, and Professor Dumbledore got tohis feet again. The hall fell silent."Ahem - just a few more words now that we are all fed and watered. I have a few start-of-term notices to give you. First years should note that the forest on the grounds is forbidden toall pupils. And a few of our older students would do well to remember that as well."Dumbledore's twinkling eyes flashed in the direction of the Weasley twins."I have also been asked by Mr. Filch, the caretaker, to remind you all that no magic should be used between classes in the corridors. Quidditch trials will be held in the second week of the term. Anyone interested in playing for their house teams should contact Madam Hooch. And finally, I must tell you that this year, the third-floor corridor on the right-hand side is out of bounds to everyone who does not wish to die a very painful death." 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpb5VFqNhVp
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I laughed, but I was one of the few who did."He's not serious?" I muttered to Percy.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4lQPlY2vw
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"Must be," said Percy, frowning at Dumbledore. "It's odd, because he usually gives us a reason why we're not allowed to go somewhere - the forest is full of dangerous beasts, everyone knows that. I do think he might have told us prefects, at least." 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmTa6wTIZo
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"And now, bedtime. Off you trot!" 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1VpeZTtsV
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The other first years and I followed Percy through the chattering crowds,out of the Great Hall, and up the marble staircase. My legs were like lead again, but only because I was so tired and full of food. I was too sleepy even to be surprised that the people in the portraits along the corridors whispered and pointed as I passed, or that twice Percy led us through doorways hidden behind sliding panels and hanging tapestries. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDdvNfDCnY
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We climbed more staircases, yawning and dragging our feet, and I was just wondering how much farther we had to go when we came to a sudden halt. A bundle of walking sticks was floating in midair ahead of them, and as Percy took a step toward them they started throwing themselves at him. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeL3IcZB0CT
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"Peeves," Percy whispered to us. "A poltergeist." He raised his voice, "Peeves - show yourself" 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8iO1HdZKs
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A loud, rude sound, like the air being let out of a balloon, answered. "Do you want me to go to the Bloody Baron?" There was a pop, and a little man with wicked, dark eyes and a widemouth appeared, floating cross-legged in the air, clutching the walking-sticks. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrf25XM5ABw
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"Oooooooh!" he said, with an evil cackle. "Ickle Firsties! What fun!"He swooped suddenly at us. We all ducked. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoCrXsobh7
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"Go away, Peeves, or the Baron'll hear about this, I mean it!" barked Percy. Peeves stuck out his tongue and vanished, dropping the walking sticks on Neville's head. We heard him zooming away, rattling coats of armor ashe passed. "You want to watch out for Peeves," said Percy, as they set off again." The Bloody Baron's the only one who can control him, he won't even listen to us prefects. Here we are." 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUD0IfbI9y
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At the very end of the corridor hung a portrait of a very fat woman in a pink silk dress. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gNY7EhGcd
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"Caput Draconis," said Percy, and the portrait swung forward to reveal a round hole in the wall. We all scrambled through it - Neville needed a leg up - and found ourselves in the Gryffindor common room, a cozy, round room full of squashy armchairs. Percy directed the girls through one door to their dormitory and the boys through another. At the top of a spiral staircase - we were obviously in one of the towers - we found our beds at last: five four-posters hung with deep red, velvet curtains. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgYMkZGo6b
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Our trunks had already been brought up. Too tired to talk much, we pulled on pajamas and fell into bed. 350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4pmmLO573
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"Great food, isn't it?" Ron muttered to me through the hangings."Get off, Scabbers! He's chewing my sheets." I was going to ask Ron if he'd had any of the treacle tart, but I fell asleep almost at once.
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