Гарри Поттер и узник Азкабана

           HeturnedtotookatBuckbeak,whowasdigginghisbeakintotheground,apparentlysearchingforworms.Buthewasn’treallywatchingBuckbeak.

           Hewasthinkingabouthisfatherandabouthisfather’sthreeoldestfriends...Moony,Wormtail,Padfoot,andProngs....Hadallfourofthembeenoutonthegroundstonight?Wormtailhadreappearedthiseveningwheneveryonehadthoughthewasdead...Wasitsoimpossiblehisfatherhaddonethesame?Hadhebeenseeingthingsacrossthetake?Thefigurehadbeentoofarawaytoseedistinctly...yethehadfeltsure,foramoment,beforehe’dlostconsciousness....

           Theleavesoverheadrustledfaintlyinthebreeze.Themoondriftedinandoutofsightbehindtheshiftingclouds.HermionesatwithherfaceturnedtowardtheWillow,waiting.

           Andthen,atlast,afteroveranhour...

           "Herewecome!"Hermionewhispered.

           SheandHarrygottotheirfeet.Buckbeakraisedhishead.TheysawLupin,Ron,andPettigrewclamberingawkwardlyoutoftheholeintheroots.ThencameHermione...thentheunconsciousSnape,driftingweirdlyupward.NextcameHarryandBlack.Theyallbegantowalktowardthecastle.

           Harry’sheartwasstartingtobeatveryfast.Heglancedupatthesky.Anymomentnow,thatcloudwasgoingtomoveasideandshowthemoon...

           "Harry,"Hermionemutteredasthoughsheknewexactlywhathewasthinking,"we’vegottostayput.Wemustn’tbeseen.There’snothingwecando...."

           "Sowe’rejustgoingtoletPettigrewescapealloveragain..."saidHarryquietly.