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  y ”fred and e tried to t to ake one when i was about five i nearly did too, i was holdg hands with fred and everythg when dad found he went ntal,” said ron, with a reiscent glea his eyes ”only ti i39ve ever seen dad as angry as u, fred reckons his left but-tock has never been the sa sce”
  ”yeah, well, passg over fred39s left buttock —”
  ”i beg your pardon?” said fred39s voice as the s entered the kitchen
  ”aaah, e, look at this they39re g knives and everythg bless the”
  ”i39ll be seventeen o and a bit onths39 ti,” said ron grupily, ”and then i39ll be able to do it by agic!”
  ”but anwhile,” said e, sittg down at the kitchen table and puttg his feet up on it, ”we can enjoy watchg you deon-strate the rrect e of a — whoops-a-daisy!”
  ”you ade do that!” said ron angrily, suckg his cut thub ”you wait, when i39 seventeen —”
  ”i39 sure you39ll dazzle all with hitherto unspected agical skills,” yawned fred
  ”and speakg of hitherto unspected skills, ronald,” said e, ”what is this we hear fro gny about you and a young dy called — unless our ration is faulty — vender
  own?”
  ron turned a little pk, but did not look displeased as he turned back to the sprouts ”d your own bess”
  ”what a snappy retort,” said fred ”i really don39t know how you thk of the no, what we wanted to know was how did it happen?”
  ”what d39you an?”
  ”did she have an aident or thg?”
  ”what?” |
  ”well, how did she sta such extensive
  a daa? care-ful, now!”
  rs weasley entered the roo jt ti to see ron throw the sprout knife at fred, who had turned it to a paper airpne with one zy flick of his wand,
  ”ron!” she said furioly ”don39t you ever let see you throw-g knives aga!”
  ”i wont,” said ron, ”let you see,” he added under his
  eath, as he turned back to the sprout ounta
  ”fred, e, i39 rry, dears, but re is arrivg tonight, bill will have to seeze with you o”
  ”no proble,” said e
  - ”then, as charlie isn39t g ho, that jt leaves harry and | ron the attic, and if fleur shares with gny —” ”— that39ll ake gny39s christas —” uttered fred ”— everyone should be fortable well, they39ll have a bed, anyway,” said rs weasley, undg slightly harassed
  ”percy defitely not shog his ugly face, then?” asked fred rs weasley turned away before she answered ”no, he39s by, i expect, at the istry”
  ”or he39s the world39s est prat,” said fred, as rs weasley left the kitchen ”one of the o ”well, let39s t gog, then, e”
  ”what are you o up to?” asked ron ”cant you help with these sprouts? you uld jt e your wand and then we39ll be free
  too!”
  ”no, i don39t thk we can do that,” said fred serioly ”it39s very character-buildg stuff, learng to peel sprouts without agic, akes you appreciate how difficult it is for les and sibs —” ”— and if you want people to help you, ron,” added e, throg the paper airpne at hi, ”i wouldn39t chuck knives at the jt a little ht we39re off to the vil, there39s a very pretty girl workg the paper shop who thks y card tricks are -thg arvelo  , alost like real agic ”
  ”gits,” said ron darkly, watchg fred and e settg off across the snowy yard ”would39ve only taken the ten sends and then we uld39ve gone too”
  ”i uldn39t,” said harry ”i proised dubledore i wouldn39t wander off while i39 stayg here”
  ”oh yeah,” said ron he peeled a few ore sprouts and then said, ”are you gog to tell dubledore what you heard snape and alfoy sayg to each other?”
  ”yep,” said harry ”i39 gog to tell anyone who can put a s to it, and dubledore’s of the list i ight have another word with your dad too”
  ”pity you didn39t hear what alfoy’s actually dog, though” ”i uldn39t have done, uld i? that was the whole pot, he was refg to tell snape”
  there was silence for a ont or o, then ron said, ” 39urse, you know what they39ll all say? dad and dubledore a