Гарри Поттер и философский камень

           "He’llturnup,"saidHarry. 

           "Yes,"saidtheboymiserably. "Well,ifyouseehim..." 

           Heleft. 

           "Don’tknowwhyhe’ssobothered,"saidRon. "IfI’dbroughtatoadI’dloseitasquickasIcould. Mindyou,IbroughtScabbers,soIcan’ttalk." 

           TheratwasstillsnoozingonRon’slap. 

           "Hemighthavediedandyouwouldn’tknowthedifference,"saidRonindisgust. "Itriedtoturnhimyellowyesterdaytomakehimmoreinteresting,butthespelldidn’twork. I’llshowyou,look..." 

           Herummagedaroundinhistrunkandpulledoutaverybattered-lookingwand. Itwaschippedinplacesandsomethingwhitewasglintingattheend. 

           "Unicornhair’snearlypokingout. Anyway—" 

           Hehadjustraisedhiswandwhenthecompartmentdoorslidopenagain. Thetoadlessboywasback,butthistimehehadagirlwithhim. ShewasalreadywearinghernewHogwartsrobes. 

           "Hasanyoneseenatoad? Neville’slostone,"shesaid. Shehadabossysortofvoice,lotsofbushybrownhair,andratherlargefrontteeth. 

           "We’vealreadytoldhimwehaven’tseenit,"saidRon, butthegirlwasn’tlistening,shewaslookingatthewandinhishand. 

           "Oh,areyoudoingmagic? Let’sseeit,then."