Гарри Поттер и Орден Феникса

Dudley Demented

           Hekeptlistening,justincasetherewassomesmallclue,notrecognisedforwhatitreallywasbytheMugglesanunexplaineddisappearance,perhaps,orsomestrangeaccident...butthebaggage-handlers’strikewasfollowedbynewsaboutthedroughtintheSoutheast(’Ihopehe’slisteningnextdoor!’bellowedUncleVernon.’Himwithhissprinklersonatthreeinthemorning!’),thenahelicopterthathadalmostcrashedinafieldinSurrey,thenafamousactress’sdivorcefromherfamoushusband(’Asifwe’reinterestedintheirsordidaffairs,’sniffedAuntPetunia,whohadfollowedthecaseobsessivelyineverymagazineshecouldlayherbonyhandson).

           Harryclosedhiseyesagainstthenowblazingeveningskyasthenewsreadersaid,andfinally,Bungythebudgiehasfoundanovelwayofkeepingcoolthissummer.Bungy,wholivesattheFiveFeathersinBarnsley,haslearnedtowaterski!MaryDorkinswenttofindoutmore.

           Harryopenedhiseyes.Iftheyhadreachedwater-skiingbudgerigars,therewouldbenothingelseworthhearing.Herolledcautiouslyontohisfrontandraisedhimselfontohiskneesandelbows,preparingtocrawloutfromunderthewindow.

           Hehadmovedabouttwoincheswhenseveralthingshappenedinveryquicksuccession.

           Aloud,echoingcrackbrokethesleepysilencelikeagunshot;acatstreakedoutfromunderaparkedcarandflewoutofsight;ashriek,abellowedoathandthesoundofbreakingchinacamefromtheDursleys’livingroom,andasthoughthiswasthesignalHarryhadbeenwaitingforhejumpedtohisfeet,atthesametimepullingfromthewaistbandofhisjeansathinwoodenwandasifhewereunsheathingaswordbutbeforehecoulddrawhimselfuptofullheight,thetopofhisheadcollidedwiththeDursleys’openwindow.

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