Гарри Поттер и философский камень
The Sorting Hat
Attheveryendofthecorridorhungaportraitofaveryfatwomaninapinksilkdress.
"Password?"shesaid.
"CaputDraconis,"saidPercy,andtheportraitswungforwardtorevealaroundholeinthewall. Theyallscrambledthroughit—Nevilleneededalegup—andfoundthemselvesintheGryffindorcommonroom,acozy,roundroomfullofsquashyarmchairs.
Percydirectedthegirlsthroughonedoortotheirdormitoryandtheboysthroughanother. Atthetopofaspiralstaircase—theywereobviouslyinoneofthetowers—theyfoundtheirbedsatlast:fivefour-postershungwithdeepred,velvetcurtains. Theirtrunkshadalreadybeenbroughtup.Tootiredtotalkmuch,theypulledontheirpajamasandfellintobed.
"Greatfood,isn’tit?"RonmutteredtoHarrythroughthehangings."Getoff,Scabbers!He’schewingmysheets."
HarrywasgoingtoaskRonifhe’dhadanyofthetreacletart,buthefellasleepalmostatonce.
PerhapsHarryhadeatenabittoomuch,becausehehadaverystrangedream.HewaswearingProfessorQuirrell’sturban,whichkepttalkingtohim,tellinghimhemusttransfertoSlytherinatonce,becauseitwashisdestiny. Harrytoldtheturbanhedidn’twanttobeinSlytherin; itgotheavierandheavier;hetriedtopullitoffbutittightenedpainfully—andtherewasMalfoy,laughingathimashestruggledwithit—thenMalfoyturnedintothehook-nosedteacher,Snape,whoselaughbecamehighandcold—therewasaburstofgreenlightandHarrywoke,sweatingandshaking.
