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“Like! Like whom? I did not observe it closely.”

“Never mind me, how are you?” said Sirius seriously.

“She gave it to you? Excellent! Listen, can I still have a go on it? Tomorrow?”

“My dear boys, what are you thinking about?” exclaimed Mrs.

“Oh, yeah,” said Hagrid indifferently. “Gets pulled out of their tails, they catch it on branches an’ stuff in the forest, yeh know ...”

“Lucky for them,” said Ted. “With Snape’s track record I suppose we should just be glad they’re still alive.”

“Oho,” said Dumbledore happily, seconds later. His hand had closed in midair upon something Harry could not see. Dumbledore moved closer to the water; Harry watched nervously as the tips of Dumbledore's buckled shoes found the utmost edge of the rock rim. Keeping his hand clenched in midair, Dumbledore raised his wand with the other and tapped his fist with the point.

“Look, Albus,” said Fudge, uncomfortably. “Hagrid's record's against him. Ministry's got to do something - the school governors have been in touch—”

“See, they're not too bright,” said George, seizing five or six gnomes at once. “The moment they know the de-gnoming's going on they storm up to have a look. You'd think they'd have learned by now just to stay put.”