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Harry's Connection with the Snake

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Harry's Connection with the Snake
PAGES: 27-28
At the reptile house, Harry converses with a boa constrictor, showcasing his ability to communicate with animals and feeling a kinship with the creature as it expresses boredom with its predicament.

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The snake suddenly opened its beady eyes. Slowly, very slowly, it raised its head until its eyes were on a level with Harry’s.

It winked.

Harry stared. Then he looked quickly around to see if anyone was watching. They weren’t. He looked back at the snake and winked, too.

The snake jerked its head toward Uncle Vernon and Dudley, then raised its eyes to the ceiling. It gave Harry a look that said quite plainly:

“I get that all the time.”

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“I know,” Harry murmured through the glass, though he wasn’t sure the snake could hear him. “It must be really annoying.”

The snake nodded vigorously.

“Where do you come from, anyway?” Harry asked.

The snake jabbed its tail at a little sign next to the glass. Harry peered at it.

Boa Constrictor, Brazil.

“Was it nice there?”

The boa constrictor jabbed its tail at the sign again and Harry read on: This specimen was bred in the zoo. “Oh, I see—so you’ve never been to Brazil?”

As the snake shook its head, a deafening shout behind Harry made both of them jump.

Characters

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Harry Potter True
The Boa Constrictor True

Locations

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The Zoo Reptile House True
Brazil True

Connections

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Harry is a Parseltongue True

Things

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The Boa Constrictor True