The Story of the Sorting Hat

Long ago there was an old rundown house in the deepest part of the woods. There was an old wizard who was a hat maker and sold hats to muggles and wizards and witches, his name was Zephyr. Zephyr used to be Merlin's apprentice and practiced magic frequently in the night. One dark night, however, the wizard knew that his final night had come so he wove a hat strong yet light out of shadows. Then he performed one of Merlin's most ancient spells and took his soul completely into the hat. Zephyr's body melted into the cloth, which made the hat soft and smooth. The hat slept in the forest for several hundred years until one day when he awoke he realized that he was no longer in the forest but he was face to face with a long bearded young man giving him instructions of what to do. Every beginning of the year sing a song and then look into a child's mind and determine which house they are in depending on their personality. This conversation went on. Soon Dumbledore and Zephyr became friends but today he is called the sorting hat so much it kind of became a nickname. So that is the story of the sorting hat.