Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone Chapter 5 Harry Diagon Alley Part 1

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone Chapter 5 Harry Diagon Alley Part 1

Harry woke early the next morning. Although he could tell it was daylight, he kept his eyes shut tight.      “It was a dream,” he told himself firmly. “I dreamed a giant called Hagrid came to tell me I was going to a school for wizards. When I open my eyes I’ll be at home in my cupboard.”      There was suddenly a loud tapping noise.      And there’s Aunt Petunia knocking on the door, Harry thought, his heart sinking. But he still didn’t open his eyes. It had been such a good dream.      Tap. Tap. Tap.      “All right,” Harry mumbled, “I’m getting up.”      He sat up and Hagrid’s heavy coat fell off him. The hut was full of sunlight, the storm was over, Hagrid himself was asleep on the collapsed sofa, and there was an owl rapping its claw on the window, a newspaper held in its beak.      Harry scrambled to his feet, so happy he felt as though a large balloon was swelling inside him. He went straight to the window and jerked it open. The owl swooped in and dropped the newspaper on top of Hagr…