CONTENTS.

ONE.

The Worst Birthday

TWO.

Dobby's Warning

THREE.

The Burrow

FOUR.

At Flourish and Blotts

FIVE.

The Whomping Willow

SIX.

Gilderoy Lockhart

SEVEN.

Mudbloods and Murmurs

EIGHT.

The Deathday Party

NINE.

The Writing on the Wall

TEN.

The Rogue Bludger

ELEVEN.

The Duelling Club

TWELVE.

The Polyjuice Potion

THIRTEEN.

The Very Secret Diary

FOURTEEN.

Cornelius Fudge

FIFTEEN.

Aragog

SIXTEEN.

The Chamber of Secrets

SEVENTEEN.

The Heir of Slytherin

EIGHTEEN.

Dobby's Reward

- CHAPTER ONE*

The Worst Birthday

Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four, Privet Drive. Mr Vernon Dursley had been woken in the early hours of the morning by a loud, hooting noise from his nephew Harry's room.

'Third time this week!' he roared across the table. 'If you can't control that owl, it'll have to go!'