Гарри Поттер и философский камень
Diagon Alley
EvenDudley,whoneverreadanything,wouldhavebeenwildtogethishandsonsomeofthese. HagridalmosthadtodragHarryawayfromCursesandCountercurses(BewitchYourFriendsandBefuddleYourEnemieswiththeLatestRevenges: HairLoss,Jelly-Legs,Tongue-TyingandMuch,MuchMore)byProfessorVindictusViridian.
"IwastryingtofindouthowtocurseDudley."
"I’mnotsayin’that’snotagoodidea,butyernotterusemagicintheMuggleworldexceptinveryspecialcircumstances,"saidHagrid. "An’anyway,yehcouldn’workanyofthemcursesyet,yeh’llneedalotmorestudybeforeyehgetterthatlevel."
Hagridwouldn’tletHarrybuyasolidgoldcauldron,either("Itsayspewteronyerlist"),buttheygotanicesetofscalesforweighingpotioningredientsandacollapsiblebrasstelescope. ThentheyvisitedtheApothecary,whichwasfascinatingenoughtomakeupforitshorriblesmell,amixtureofbadeggsandrottedcabbages. Barrelsofslimystuffstoodonthefloor; jarsofherbs,driedroots,andbrightpowderslinedthewalls; bundlesoffeathers,stringsoffangs,andsnarledclawshungfromtheceiling. WhileHagridaskedthemanbehindthecounterforasupplyofsomebasicpotioningredientsforHarry, Harryhimselfexaminedsilverunicornhornsattwenty-oneGalleonseachandminuscule,glittery-blackbeetleeyes(fiveKnutsascoop).
OutsidetheApothecary,HagridcheckedHarry’slistagain.
"Justyerwandleft—Ayeah,an’Istillhaven’tgotyehabirthdaypresent."
