Гарри Поттер и Дары Смерти

Xenophilius Lovegood

           "Aha!"shoutedRon,asthewindwhippedtheirhairandclothes.Ronwaspointingupward,towardthetopofthehillonwhichtheyhadappeared,whereamoststrange-lookinghouseroseverticallyagainstthesky,agreatblackcylinderwithaghostlymoonhangingbehinditintheafternoonsky."That’sgottobeLuna’shouse,whoelsewouldliveinaplacelikethat?Itlookslikeagiantrook!"

           "It’snothinglikeabird,"saidHermione,frowningatthetower.

           "Iwastalkingaboutachessrook,"saidRon."Acastletoyou."

           Ron’slegswerethelongestandhereachedthetopofthehillfirst.WhenHarryandHermionecaughtupwithhim,pantingandclutchingstitchesintheirsides,theyfoundhimgrinningbroadly.

           "It’stheirs,"saidRon."Look."

           Threehand-paintedsignshadbeentackedtoabroke-downgate.Thefirstread,

           THEQUIBBLER.EDITOR,X.LOVEGOOD

           thesecond,

           PICKYOUROWNMISTLETOE

           thethird,

           KEEPOFFTHEDIRIGIBLEPLUMS

           Thegatecreakedastheyopenedit.Thezigzaggingpathleadingtothefrontdoorwasovergrownwithavarietyofoddplants,includingabushcoveredinorangeradishlikefruitLunasometimesworeasearrings.HarrythoughtherecognizedaSnargaluffandgavethewizenedstumpawideberth.Twoagedcrabappletrees,bentwiththewind,strippedofleavesbutstillheavywithberry-sizedredfruitsandbushycrownsofwhitebeadedmistletoe,stoodsentineloneithersideofthefrontdoor.Alittleowlwithaslightlyflattenedhawklikeheadpeereddownatthemfromoneofthebranches.

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