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21
And
the
old
man
hugged
Mr.
Dursley
around
the
middle
and
walked
off
.
22
Mr.
Dursley
stood
rooted
to
the
spot
.
He
had
been
hugged
by
a
complete
stranger
.
He
also
thought
he
had
been
called
a
Muggle
,
whatever
that
was
.
He
was
rattled
.
He
hurried
to
his
car
and
set
off
for
home
,
hoping
he
was
imagining
things
,
which
he
had
never
hoped
before
,
because
he
did
n't
approve
of
imagination
.
23
As
he
pulled
into
the
driveway
of
number
four
,
the
first
thing
he
saw
--
and
it
did
n't
improve
his
mood
--
was
the
tabby
cat
he
'd
spotted
that
morning
.
It
was
now
sitting
on
his
garden
wall
.
He
was
sure
it
was
the
same
one
;
it
had
the
same
markings
around
its
eyes
.
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24
"
Shoo
!
"
said
Mr.
Dursley
loudly
.
25
The
cat
did
n't
move
.
It
just
gave
him
a
stern
look
.
Was
this
normal
cat
behavior
?
Mr.
Dursley
wondered
.
Trying
to
pull
himself
together
,
he
let
himself
into
the
house
.
He
was
still
determined
not
to
mention
anything
to
his
wife
.
26
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
(
"
Wo
n't
!
"
)
.
Mr.
Dursley
tried
to
act
normally
.
When
Dudley
had
been
put
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
reported
that
the
nation
's
owls
have
been
behaving
very
unusually
today
.
Although
owls
normally
hunt
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
allowed
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
do
n't
know
about
that
,
but
it
's
not
only
the
owls
that
have
been
acting
oddly
today
.
Viewers
as
far
apart
as
Kent
,
Yorkshire
,
and
Dundee
have
been
phoning
in
to
tell
me
that
instead
of
the
rain
I
promised
yesterday
,
they
've
had
a
downpour
of
shooting
stars
!
Perhaps
people
have
been
celebrating
Bonfire
Night
early
--
it
's
not
until
next
week
,
folks
!
But
I
can
promise
a
wet
night
tonight
.
"
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Mr.
Dursley
sat
frozen
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
...
30
Mrs.
Dursley
came
into
the
living
room
carrying
two
cups
of
tea
.
It
was
no
good
.
He
'd
have
to
say
something
to
her
.
He
cleared
his
throat
nervously
.
"
Er
--
Petunia
,
dear
--
you
have
n't
heard
from
your
sister
lately
,
have
you
?
"