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  t39ve fotten to lock the doors,” said harry cheerfully, and was delighted to see sghorn swl
  ”i39ll be reportg that an, he39s ore ncerned about litter than proper security if you ask   but why are you out then, harry?”
  ”well, sir, it39s hagrid,” said harry, who knew that the right thg to do jt now was to tell the truth ”he39s pretty upset  but you won39t tell anyone, profesr? i don39t want trouble for hi ”
  sghorn39s curiosity was evidently aroed ”well, i can39t proise that,” he said gruffly ”but i know that dubledore trts hagrid to the hilt, i39 sure he can39t be up to anythg very dreadful
  ”
  ”well, it39s this giant spider, he39s had it for years it lived the forest it uld talk and everythg —”
  ”i heard ruors there were acroantus the forest,” said sghorn ftly, lookg over at the ass of bck trees ”it39s true, then?”
  ”yes,” said harry ”but this one, aragog, the first one hagrid ever got, it died st night he39s devastated he wants pany while he buries it and i said i39d go”
  ”touchg, touchg,” said sghorn absentdedly, his r droopy eyes fixed upon the distant lights of hagrid39s cab ”but acroantu veno is very vaable if the beast only jt died it ight not yet have dried out  of urse, i wouldn39t want to do anythg sensitive if hagrid is upset  but if there was any way to procure  i an, its alost ipossible to t veno fro an acroantu while its alive ”
  sghorn seed to be talkg ore to hiself than harry now ”  sees an awful waste not to llect it ight t a hun-dred galleons a pt to be frank, y sary is not r  ”
  and now harry saw clearly what was to be done ”well,” he said, with a ost nvcg hesitancy, ”well, if you wanted to e, profesr, hagrid would probably be really pleased  give aragog a better send-off, you know ”
  ”yes, of urse,” said sghorn, his eyes now gleag with en-thias ”i tell you what, harry, i39ll et you down there with a bottle or o  we39ll drk the poor beast39s — well — not health — but we39ll send it off style, anyway, once it39s buried and i39ll chan y tie, this one is a little exuberant for the oa-sion  ”
  he btled back to the castle, and harry sped off to hagrid39s, delighted with hiself
  ”yen ca,” croaked hagrid, when he opened the door and saw harry ergg fro the visibility cloak front of hi
  ”yeah — ron and herione uldn39t, though,” said harry ”they39re really rry”
  ”don — don atter  hed39ve b touched yeh39re here, though, harry  ”
  hagrid gave a great b he had ade hiself a bck arband out of what looked like a rag dipped boot polish, and his eyes were puffy, red, and swollen harry patted hi nlgly on the elbow, which was the highest pot of hagrid he uld easily reach
  ”where are we buryg hi?” he asked ”the forest?”
  ”bliy, no,” said hagrid, wipg his streag eyes on the bot-to of his shirt ”the other spiders won39 let anywhere near their webs now aragog39s gone turns out it was only on his orders they didn39 eat ! can yeh believe that, harry?”
  the honest answer was ”yes” harry recalled with paful ease the scene when he and ron had e face-to-face with the aero-antus they had been ite clear that aragog was the only thg that sped the fro eatg hagrid
  ”never b an area o39 the forest i uldn39 go before!” said hagrid, shakg his head ”it wasn39 easy, tt39 aragog39s body out o39 there, i can tell yeh — they ually eat their dead, see  but i wanted ter give 39i a nice burial a proper send-off ”
  he
  oke to bs aga and harry resud the pattg of his elbow, sayg as he did for the potion seed to dicate that it was the right thg to do, ”profesr sghorn t g down here, hagrid”
  ”not trouble, are yeh?” said hagrid, lookg up, ard ”yeh shouldn’ be outta the castle the even39, i know it, it39s y fault —”
  ”no, no, when he heard what i was dog he said he39d like to e and pay his st respects to aragog too,” s