Гарри Поттер и узник Азкабана

           Hestoodquitestill,watchingitsinklowerandlower.Forasplitsecondhehesitated,hishandonthewindowlatch,wonderingwhethertoslamitshut.ButthenthebizarrecreaturesoaredoveroneofthestreetlampsofPrivetDrive,andHarry,realizingwhatitwas,leaptaside.

           Throughthewindowsoaredthreeowls,twoofthemholdingupthethird,whichappearedtobeunconscious.TheylandedwithasoftflumponHarry’sbed,andthemiddleowl,whichwaslargeandgray,keeledrightoverandlaymotionless.Therewasalargepackagetiedtoitslegs.

           Harryrecognizedtheunconsciousowlatonce—hisnamewasErrol,andhebelongedtotheWeasleyfamily.Harrydashedtothebed,untiedthecordsaroundErrol’slegs,tookofftheparcel,andthencarriedErroltoHedwig’scage.Errolopenedoneblearyeye,gaveafeeblehootofthanks,andbegantogulpsomewater.

           Harryturnedbacktotheremainingowls.Oneofthem,thelargesnowyfemale,washisownHedwig.She,too,wascarryingaparcelandlookedextremelypleasedwithherself.ShegaveHarryanaffectionatenipwithherbeakasheremovedherburden,thenflewacrosstheroomtojoinErrol.

           Harrydidn’trecognizethethirdowl,ahandsometawnyone,butheknewatoncewhereithadcomefrom,becauseinadditiontoathirdpackage,itwascarryingaletterbearingtheHogwartscrest.WhenHarryrelievedthisowlofitsburden,itruffleditsfeathersimportantly,stretcheditswings,andtookoffthroughthewindowintothenight.

           HarrysatdownonhisbedandgrabbedErrol’spackage,rippedoffthebrownpaper,anddiscoveredapresentwrappedingoldandhisfirsteverbirthdaycard.