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  kg, spell-checkg, and sart-answer varieties a space cleared the crowd, and harry phed his way toward the unter, where a le of delighted ten-year-olds was watchg a ty little wooden an slowly ascendg the steps to a real set of gallows, both perched on a box that read: reable hangan — spell it or he39ll sg!
  ”39patented daydrea chars
  herione had anad to seeze through to a r dispy near the unter and was readg the ration on the back of a box bearg a highly lored picture of a hand youth and a swoong girl who were standg on the deck of a pirate ship
  ”39one siple cantation and you will enter a -ality, highly realistic, thirty-ute daydrea, easy to fit to the avera school lesn and virtually undetectable side effects cde vacant expression and or droolg not for sale to under-sixteens you know,” said herione, lookg up at harry, ”that really is extraordary agic!”
  ”for that, herione,” said a voice behd the, ”you can have one for free”
  a beag fred stood before the, wearg a set of anta robes that cshed agnificently with his fg hair
  ”how are you, harry?” they shook hands ”and what39s happened to your eye, herione?”
  ”your punchg telespe,” she said ruefully
  ”oh bliy, i fot about those,” said fred ”here —”
  he pulled a tub out of his pocket and handed it to her she unscrewed it grly to reveal a thick yellow paste
  ”jt dab it on, that
  uise39ll be gone with the hour,” said fred ”we had to fd a decent
  uise reover we39re testg ost of our products on ourselves”
  herione looked nervo ”it is safe, isn39t it?” she asked
  39”urse it is,” said fred
  acgly ”e on, harry, i39ll give you a tour”
  harry left herione dabbg her bck eye with paste and followed fred toward the back of the shop, where he saw a stand of card and rope tricks
  ”le agic tricks!” said fred happily, potg the out ”for freaks like dad, you know, who love le stuff it39s not a big earner, but we do fairly steady bess, they39re great novelties  oh, here39s e ”
  fred39s shook harrys hand enertically
  ”givg hi the tour? e through the back, harry, that39s where we39re akg the real oney—pocket anythg, you, and you39ll pay ore than galleons!” he added warngly to a sall boy who hastily whipped his hand out of the tub beled edible dark
  arks----they39ll ake anyone sick!
  e phed back a curta beside the le tricks and harry saw a darker, less crowded roo the packagg on the products lg these shelves was ore subdued
  ”we39ve jt developed this ore serio le,” said fred ”funny how it happened  ”
  ”you wouldn39t believe how any people, even people who work at the istry, can39t do a decent shield char,” said e ”39urse, they didn39t have you teachg the, harry”
  ”that39s right  well, we thought shield hats were a bit of a ugh, you know, challen your ate to jx you while wearg it and watch his face when the jx jt bounces off but the istry bought five hundred for all its support staff! and we39re still ttg assive orders!”
  ” we39ve expanded to a ran of shield cloaks, shield gloves ”
  ” i an, they wouldn39t help uch agast the unfivable curses, but for or to oderate hexes or jxes  ”
  ”and then we thought we39d t to the whole area of defense agast the dark arts, becae it39s such a oney spner,” ntued e enthiastically ”this is ol look, stant darkness powder, we39re iportg it fro peru handy if you want to ake
  a ick escape”
  ”and our dey detonators are jt walkg off the shelves, look,” said fred, potg at a nuber of weird-lookg bck horn-type objects that were deed atteptg to scurry out of sight ”you jt drop one surreptitioly and it39ll run off and ake a nice loud noise out of sight, givg you a diversion if you need one
  ”handy,” said harry, ipressed
  ”here,” said e, catchg a uple and throg the to harry
  a young witch with short blonde hair poked her head