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  that i39 the one —
  ”no, they do not,” terrupted dubledore ”there are only o people the whole world who know the full ntents of the prophecy ade about you and lord voldeort, and they are both standg this slly, spidery
  oo shed it is true, however, that any have guessed, rrectly, that voldeort sent his death eaters to steal a prophecy, and that the prophecy ncerned you
  ”now, i thk i a rrect sayg that you have not told anybody that you know what the prophecy said?”
  ”no,” said harry
  ”a wise decision, on the whole,” said dubledore ”although i thk you ought to rex it favor of your friends, r ronald weasley and iss herione granr yes,” he ntued, when harry looked startled, ”i thk they ought to know you do the a disservice by not nfidg thg this iportant to the”
  ”i didn39t want —”
  ”— to worry or frighten the?” said dubledore, surveyg harry over the of his half-oon spectacles ”or perhaps, to nfess that you yourself are worried and frightened? you need your friends, harry as you rightly said, siri would not have wanted you to shut yourself away”
  harry said nothg, but dubledore did not see to reire an answer he ntued, ”on a different, though reted, subject, it is y wish that you take private lesns with this year”
  ”private — with you?” said harry, surprised out of his upied silence
  ”yes i thk it is ti that i took a greater hand your education”
  what will you be teachg , sir?”
  ”oh, a little of this, a little of that,” said dubledore airily
  harry waited hopefully, but dubledore did not eborate, ho asked thg else that had been botherg hi slightly
  ”if i39 havg lesns with you, i won39t have to do oncy lesns with snape, will i?”
  3939profesr snape, harry — and no, you will not”
  ”good,” said harry relief, ”becae they were a —”
  he sped, careful not to say what he really thought
  ”i thk the word 39fias39 would be a good one here,” said dubledore, noddg
  harry ughed
  ”well, that ans i won39t see uch of profesr snape fro now on,” he said, ”becae he won39t let carry on potions unless i t 39outstandg39 y owl, which i know i haven39t”
  ”don39t unt your owls before they are delivered,” said dubledore gravely ”which, now i thk of it, ought to be ti ter today now, o ore thgs, harry, before we part
  ”firstly, i wish you to keep your visibility cloak with you at all tis fro this ont onward even with hogwarts itself jt case, you understand ?”
  harry nodded
  ”and stly, while you stay here, the burrow has been given the highest security the istry of agic can provide these asures have caed a certa aount of nvenience to arthur and olly — all their post, for stance, is beg searched at the istry before beg sent on they do not d the slightest, for their only ncern is your safety however, it would be poor repaynt if you risked your neck while stayg with the”
  ”i understand,” said harry ickly
  ”very well, then,” said dubledore, phg open the
  oo shed door and steppg out to the yard ”i see a light the kitchen let not deprive olly any lonr of the chance to deplore how th you are”
  chapter 5: an excess of phleg
  harry and dubledore approached the back door of the burrow, which was surrounded by the failiar litter of old wellgton boots and rty cauldrons harry uld hear the ft cckg of sleepy chickens g fro a distant shed dubledore knocked three tis and harry saw sudden ovent behd the kitchen dow
  ”who39s there?” said a nervo voice he regnized as rs weasley39s ”decre yourself!”
  ”it is i, dubledore,
  gg harry”
  the door opened at once there stood rs weasley, short, pp, and wearg an old green dressg gown
  ”harry, dear! gracio, alb, you gave a fright, you said not to expect you before orng!”
  ”we were cky,” said dubledore, herg harry over the threshold ”sghorn proved uch ore persuadable than i had expected harry39s dog, of urse ah, hello, nyphadora!”
  harry looked around and saw that rs weasley was not alone, despite the teness of the hour a young witch with a pale, heart-shaped face and oy
  own hair was sittg at the table ctchg a r ug beeen her hands