The Nimbus 2000’s Public Delivery in the Great Hall

PAGES: 164-165

In an extraordinary delivery spectacle, Harry receives a Nimbus 2000 broomstick from Professor McGonagall, conveyed by a team of screech owls. This event captures the entire school’s attention, as well as sparking envy in Draco Malfoy, whose reaction underscores his rivalry with Harry.

As the owls flooded into the Great Hall as usual, everyone’s attention was caught at once by a long, thin package carried by six large screech owls. Harry was just as interested as everyone else to see what was in this large parcel, and was amazed when the owls soared down and dropped it right in front of him, knocking his bacon to the floor. They had hardly fluttered out of the way when another owl dropped a letter on top of the parcel.

Harry ripped open the letter first, which was lucky, because it said:

DO NOT OPEN THE PARCEL AT THE TABLE.

It contains your new Nimbus Two Thousand, but I don’t want everybody knowing you’ve got a broomstick or they’ll all want one. Oliver Wood will meet you tonight on the Quidditch field at seven o’clock for your first training session.

Professor McGonagall

Harry had difficulty hiding his glee as he handed the note to Ron to read.

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“A Nimbus Two Thousand!” Ron moaned enviously. “I’ve never even touched one.”