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Do you mean to tell me_, he growled a the Dursleys, __hat this boy- this boy! - knows nothin_ abou_ - about ANYTHING?__arry thought this was going a bit far. He had been to school, after all, and his marks were__t bad.__ know some things,_ he said. _ I can, you know, do maths and stuff.__ut Hagrid simply waved his hand and said, __bout our world, I mean. Your world. My world. Yer_ parents world._ __hat world?__agrid looked at though he was about to explode.__URSLEY!_ he boomed.Uncle Vernon, who had gone very pale, whispered something that sounded like __imblewimble_. Hagrid stared wildly at Harry.__ut yeh must know about yer mum and dad_, he said. __ mean, they__e famous. You__e famous. __hat? My - my mum and dad weren__ famous, were they?___eh don_ know... yeh don_ know..._ Hagrid ran his fingers through his hair, fixing Harry with a bewildered stare.__eh don_ know what yeh are?_ he said finally.Uncle Vernon suddenly found his voice.__top!_ he commanded, __top right there, sir! I forbid you to tell the boy anything!__ braver man than Vernon dudley would have quailed under the furious look Hagrid now gave him; when Hagrid spoke, his every syllable trembled with rage.__ou never told him? Never told him what was in the latter Dumbledore left fer him? I was there! I saw Dumbledore leave it, Dursley! An_ you kept it from him all these years?___ept what from me?_ said Harry eagerly.__TOP! I FORBID YOU!_ yelled Uncle Vernon in panic.Aunt Petunia gave a gasp of horror.__h, go boil yer heads, both of yeh,_ said Hagrid. __arry - yer a wizard.
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Do you mean to tell me_, he growled a the Dursleys, __hat this boy- this boy! - knows nothin_ abou_ - about ANYTHING?__arry thought this was going a bit far. He had been to school, after all, and his marks were__t bad.__ know some things,_ he said. _ I can, you know, do maths and stuff.__ut Hagrid simply waved his hand and said, __bout our world, I mean. Your world. My world. Yer_ parents world._ __hat world?__agrid looked at though he was about to explode.__URSLEY!_ he boomed.Uncle Vernon, who had gone very pale, whispered something that sounded like __imblewimble_. Hagrid stared wildly at Harry.__ut yeh must know about yer mum and dad_, he said. __ mean, they__e famous. You__e famous. __hat? My - my mum and dad weren__ famous, were they?___eh don_ know... yeh don_ know..._ Hagrid ran his fingers through his hair, fixing Harry with a bewildered stare.__eh don_ know what yeh are?_ he said finally.Uncle Vernon suddenly found his voice.__top!_ he commanded, __top right there, sir! I forbid you to tell the boy anything!__ braver man than Vernon dudley would have quailed under the furious look Hagrid now gave him; when Hagrid spoke, his every syllable trembled with rage.__ou never told him? Never told him what was in the latter Dumbledore left fer him? I was there! I saw Dumbledore leave it, Dursley! An_ you kept it from him all these years?___ept what from me?_ said Harry eagerly.__TOP! I FORBID YOU!_ yelled Uncle Vernon in panic.Aunt Petunia gave a gasp of horror.__h, go boil yer heads, both of yeh,_ said Hagrid. __arry - yer a wizard.
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