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“Shoo!” said Mr. Dursley loudly. The cat didn’t move. It just gave him a stern look. Was this normal cat behavior? Mr. Dursley Fill in the blank 1 of 19 . Trying to Fill in the blank 2 of 19 himself together, he let himself into the house. He was still determined not to Fill in the blank 3 of 19 anything to his wife.
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Mrs. Dursley had had a nice, normal day. She told him over dinner all about Mrs. Next Door’s problems with her daughter and how Dudley had learned a new word (“Won’t!”). Mr. Dursley tried to Fill in the blank 4 of 19 normally. When Dudley had been Fill in the blank 5 of 19 to bed, he went into the living room in time to catch the last report on the evening news:
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“And finally, bird-watchers everywhere have Fill in the blank 6 of 19 that the nation’s owls have been behaving very unusually today. Although owls normally Fill in the blank 7 of 19 at night and are hardly ever seen in daylight, there have been hundreds of sightings of these birds flying in every direction since sunrise. Experts are unable to explain why the owls have suddenly changed their sleeping pattern.” The newscaster Fill in the blank 8 of 19 himself a grin. “Most mysterious. And now, over to Jim McGuffin with the weather. Going to be any more showers of owls tonight, Jim?”
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“Well, Ted,” said the weatherman, “I don’t know about that, but it’s not only the owls that have been Fill in the blank 9 of 19 oddly today. Viewers as far apart as Kent, Yorkshire, and Dundee have been phoning in to tell me that instead of the rain I Fill in the blank 10 of 19 yesterday, they’ve had a downpour of shooting stars! Perhaps people have been Fill in the blank 11 of 19 Bonfire Night early — it’s not until next week, folks! But I can Fill in the blank 12 of 19 a wet night tonight.”
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Mr. Dursley sat Fill in the blank 13 of 19 in his armchair. Shooting stars all over Britain? Owls flying by daylight? Mysterious people in cloaks all over the place? And a whisper, a whisper about the Potters…
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Mrs. Dursley came into the living room Fill in the blank 14 of 19 two cups of tea. It was no good. He’d have to say something to her. He Fill in the blank 15 of 19 his throat nervously. “Er — Petunia, dear — you haven’t heard from your sister lately, have you?”
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As he had expected, Mrs. Dursley looked shocked and angry. After all, they normally Fill in the blank 16 of 19 she didn’t have a sister.
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“No,” she said sharply. “Why?”
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“Funny stuff on the news,” Mr. Dursley Fill in the blank 17 of 19 . “Owls… shooting stars… and there were a lot of funny-looking people in town today…”
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“So?” Fill in the blank 18 of 19 Mrs. Dursley.
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“Well, I just thought… maybe… it was something to Fill in the blank 19 of 19 with… you know… her crowd.”

Mrs. Dursley Fill in the blank 1 of 15 her tea through pursed lips. Mr. Dursley wondered whether he Fill in the blank 2 of 15 tell her he’d heard the name “Potter.” He decided he didn’t Fill in the blank 3 of 15 . Instead he said, as casually as he could, “Their son — he’d be about Dudley’s age now, wouldn’t he?”
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“I Fill in the blank 4 of 15 so,” said Mrs. Dursley stiffly.
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“What’s his name again? Howard, isn’t it?”
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“Harry. Nasty, common name, if you ask me.”
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“Oh, yes,” said Mr. Dursley, his heart Fill in the blank 5 of 15 horribly. “Yes, I quite agree.”
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He didn’t say another word on the subject as they went upstairs to bed. While Mrs. Dursley was in the bathroom, Mr. Dursley Fill in the blank 6 of 15 to the bedroom window and Fill in the blank 7 of 15 down into the front garden. The cat was still there. It was Fill in the blank 8 of 15 down Privet Drive as though it were waiting for something.
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Was he imagining things? Could all this have anything to do with the Potters? If it did… if it got out that they were Fill in the blank 9 of 15 to a pair of — well, he didn’t think he could Fill in the blank 10 of 15 it.
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The Dursleys got into bed. Mrs. Dursley fell asleep quickly but Mr. Dursley Fill in the blank 11 of 15 awake, turning it all over in his mind. His last, comforting thought before he fell asleep was that even if the Potters were Fill in the blank 12 of 15 , there was no reason for them to come near him and Mrs. Dursley. The Potters knew very well what he and Petunia thought about them and their kind…. He couldn’t see how he and Petunia could get Fill in the blank 13 of 15 up in anything that might be going on — he Fill in the blank 14 of 15 and turned over — it couldn’t Fill in the blank 15 of 15 them….
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How very wrong he was.

Mr. Dursley might have been Fill in the blank 1 of 23 into an uneasy sleep, but the cat on the wall outside was Fill in the blank 2 of 23 no sign of sleepiness. It was sitting as still as a statue, its eyes Fill in the blank 3 of 23 unblinkingly on the far corner of Privet Drive. It didn’t so much as Fill in the blank 4 of 23 when a car door Fill in the blank 5 of 23 on the next street, nor when two owls Fill in the blank 6 of 23 overhead. In fact, it was nearly midnight before the cat moved at all.
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A man Fill in the blank 7 of 23 on the corner the cat had been watching. He Fill in the blank 8 of 23 so suddenly and silently you’d have thought he’d just Fill in the blank 9 of 23 out of the ground. The cat’s tail Fill in the blank 10 of 23 and its eyes Fill in the blank 11 of 23 .
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Nothing like this man had ever been seen on Privet Drive. He was tall, thin, and very old, Fill in the blank 12 of 23 by the silver of his hair and beard, which were both long enough to Fill in the blank 13 of 23 into his belt. He was wearing long robes, a purple cloak that Fill in the blank 14 of 23 the ground, and high-heeled, buckled boots. His blue eyes were light, bright, and sparkling behind half-moon spectacles and his nose was very long and crooked, as though it had been broken at least twice. This man’s name was Albus Dumbledore.
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Albus Dumbledore didn’t seem to realise that he had just arrived in a street where everything from his name to his boots was unwelcome. He was busy Fill in the blank 15 of 23 in his cloak, looking for something. But he did seem to realise he was being watched, because he looked up suddenly at the cat, which was still Fill in the blank 16 of 23 at him from the other end of the street. For some reason, the sight of the cat seemed to Fill in the blank 17 of 23 him. He Fill in the blank 18 of 23 and Fill in the blank 19 of 23 , “I should have known.”
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He found what he was looking for in his inside pocket. It seemed to be a silver cigarette lighter. He Fill in the blank 20 of 23 it open, held it up in the air, and clicked it. The nearest street lamp went out with a little pop. He clicked it again — the next lamp Fill in the blank 21 of 23 into darkness. Twelve times he clicked the Put-Outer, until the only lights left on the whole street were two tiny pinpricks in the distance, which were the eyes of the cat watching him. If anyone looked out of their window now, even beady-eyed Mrs. Dursley, they wouldn’t be able to see anything that was happening down on the pavement. Dumbledore Fill in the blank 22 of 23 the Put-Outer back inside his cloak and Fill in the blank 23 of 23 down the street toward number four, where he sat down on the wall next to the cat. He didn’t look at it, but after a moment he spoke to it.