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Ch. 2 The Letter

Harry looked around his room madly to see where the noise was coming from until he heard Mr. Dursley cursing loudly from downstairs. Harry ran downstairs to see what it was. The kitchen window was broken and there was a tawny owl preening his feathers on the table. Mr. Dursley broke into a new mass of curses directed at Harry. Harry grabbed the letter that was tied to the owl's talon and ran up the stairs before Mr. Dursley got a chance to hit him with Dudley's Smeltings stick. He went into his room and shut the door.

He looked at the envelope but there was no address. He opened it quickly to see if it contained his O.W.L.s results. He was disappointed when he found it wasn't the results so he decided to ignore the letter and pity himself for a while. Harry let Hedwig out and put the letter on his bedside table.

Then he laid down and pitied himself until he fell asleep.

The next morning he had forgotten all about the letter as he went downstairs for breakfast. Ron had invited Harry to go to the Burrow for the rest of the summer and Uncle Vernon had let him. Today the Weasleys were picking him up and "driving" him to the Burrow.

Harry ate breakfast and went upstairs to pack. He put all his things in his trunk and waited for Hedwig to come back from her mornings hunt. While he waited he pitied himself and thought of Sirius. He knew he was being irraional but he couldn't help it. Hedwig flew into the window, saw that Harry was upset and landed next to him on the bed. Just then the doorbell rang.

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