Гарри Поттер и узник Азкабана

           Theclassontheothersideofthepaddockseemedtobeholdingitsbreath.Malfoy’seyeswerenarrowedmaliciously.

           "Easynow,Harry,"saidHagridquietly."Yeh’vegoteyecontact,nowtrynotterblink...Hippogriffsdon’trustyehifyehblinktoomuch..."

           Harry’seyesimmediatelybegantowater,buthedidn’tshutthem.Buckbeakhadturnedhisgreat,sharpheadandwasstaringatHarrywithonefierceorangeeye."Tha’sit,"saidHagrid."Tha’sit,Harry...now,bow."

           Harrydidn’tfeelmuchlikeexposingthebackofhisnecktoBuckbeak,buthedidashewastold.Hegaveashortbowandthenlookedup.

           TheHippogriffwasstillstaringhaughtilyathim.Itdidn’tmove.

           "Ah,"saidHagrid,soundingworried."Right—backaway,now,Harry,easydoesit—"

           Butthen,toHarry’senormoussurprise,theHippogriffsuddenlybentitsscalyfrontkneesandsankintowhatwas

           anunmistakablebow.

           "Welldone,Harry!"saidHagrid,ecstatic."Right—yehcantouchhim!Pathisbeak,goon!"

           Feelingthatabetterrewardwouldhavebeentobackaway,HarrymovedslowlytowardtheHippogriffandreachedouttowardit.HepattedthebeakseveraltimesandtheHippogriffcloseditseyeslazily,asthoughenjoyingit.

           Theclassbrokeintoapplause,allexceptforMalfoy,Crabbe,andGoyle,whowerelookingdeeplydisappointed.

           "Righ’then,Harry,"saidHagrid."Ireckonhemigh’letyehridehim!"

           ThiswasmorethanHarryhadbargainedfor.Hewasusedtoabroomstick;buthewasn’tsureaHippogriffwouldbequitethesame.