Гарри Поттер и узник Азкабана
Flight of the Fat Lady
HarrywasalsogrowingtodreadthehourshespentinProfessorTrelawney’sstiflingtowerroom,decipheringlopsidedshapesandsymbols,tryingtoignorethewayProfessorTrelawney’senormouseyesfilledwithtearseverytimeshelookedathim.Hecouldn’tlikeProfessorTrelawney,eventhoughshewastreatedwithrespectborderingonreverencebymanyoftheclass.ParvatiPatilandLavenderBrownhadtakentohauntingProfessorTrelawney’stowerroomatlunchtimes,andalwaysreturnedwithannoyinglysuperiorlooksontheirfaces,asthoughtheyknewthingstheothersdidn’t.TheyhadalsostartedusinghushedvoiceswhenevertheyspoketoHarry,asthoughhewereonhisdeathbed.
NobodyreallylikedCareofMagicalCreatures,which,aftertheaction-packedfirstclass,hadbecomeextremelydull.Hagridseemedtohavelosthisconfidence.Theywerenowspendinglessonafterlessonlearninghowtolookafterflobberworms,whichhadtobesomeofthemostboringcreaturesinexistence.
"Whywouldanyonebotherlookingafterthem?"saidRon,afteryetanotherhourofpokingshreddedlettucedowntheflobberworms’throats.
AtthestartofOctober,however,Harryhadsomethingelsetooccupyhim,somethingsoenjoyableitmorethanmadeupforhisunsatisfactoryclasses.TheQuidditchseasonwasapproaching,andO1iverWood,CaptainoftheGryffindorteam,calledameetingonThursdayeveningtodiscusstacticsforthenewseason.
