Гарри Поттер и узник Азкабана
Talons and Tea Leaves
"That’sit—makesureyehcansee—now,firs’thingyeh’llwantterdoisopenyerbooks—"
"How?"saidthecold,drawlingvoiceofDracoMalfoy.
"Eh?"saidHagrid.
"Howdoweopenourbooks?"Malfoyrepeated.HetookouthiscopyofTheMonsterBookofMonsters,whichhehadboundshutwithalengthofrope.Otherpeopletooktheirsouttoo;some,likeHarry,hadbeltedtheirbookshut;othershadcrammedtheminsidetightbagsorclampedthemtogetherwithbinderclips.
"Hasn’—hasn’anyonebinableteropentheirbooks?"saidHagrid,lookingcrestfallen.
Theclassallshooktheirheads.
"Yeh’vegotterstroke’em,"saidHagrid,asthoughthiswasthemostobviousthingintheworld."Look—"
HetookHermione’scopyandrippedofftheSpellotapethatboundit.Thebooktriedtobite,butHagridranagiantforefingerdownitsspine,andthebookshivered,andthenfellopenandlayquietinhishand.
"Oh,howsillywe’veallbeen!"Malfoysneered."Weshouldhavestrokedthem!Whydidn’tweguess!"
"I—Ithoughttheywerefunny,"HagridsaiduncertainlytoHermione.
"Oh,tremendouslyfunny!"saidMalfoy."Reallywitty,givingusbooksthattryandripourhandsoff!"
"Shutup,Malfoy,"saidHarryquietly.HagridwaslookingdowncastandHarrywantedHagrid’sfirstlessontobeasuccess.
"Righ’then,"saidHagrid,whoseemedtohavelosthisthread,"so—soyeh’vegotyerbooksan’...an’...nowyehneedtheMagicalCreatures.Yeah.SoI’llgoan’get’em.Hangon..."
Hestrodeawayfromthemintotheforestandoutofsight.
