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'ДЄ low, soft hooting came from a dark shop with a sign saying Eeylops Owl Emporium-Tawny, Screech, Barn, Brown and Snowy. A plump woman outside an apothecary was shaking her head as they passed, saying, 'Dragon liver, sixteen sickles an ounce, they're mad. He turned his head in every direction as they walked up the street, trying to look at everything at once: the shops, the things outside them, the people doing their shopping. Harry wished he had about eight more eyes. 'Yeah, you'll be needin' one,' said Hagrid, ' but we gotta get yer money first.' Cauldrons-All sizes-Copper, Brass, Pewter, Silver-Self Stirring-Collapsible said a sign hanging over them. The sun shone brightly on a stack of cauldrons outside the nearest shop. Harry looked quickly over his shoulder and saw the archway shrink instantly back into solid wall. 'Welcome,' said Hagrid, ' to Diagon Alley.'

The brick he had touched quivered-it wriggled-in the middle, a small hole appeared-it grew wider and wider-a second later they were facing an archway large enough even for Hagrid, an archway on to a cobbled street which twisted and turned out of sight. He tapped the wall three times with the point of his umbrella. Hagrid, meanwhile, was counting bricks in the wall above the dustbin. Vampires? Hags? Harry's head was swimming.The Queen Who Quit: Eccentric Christina of Sweden Hagrid raised a gigantic fist and knocked three times on the castle door. 'Everyone here? You there, still got yer toad?' They walked up a flight of stone steps and crowded around the huge, oak front door. Then they clambered up a passageway in the rock after Hagrid's lamp, coming out at last on to smooth, damp grass right in the shadow of the castle. 'Trevor!' cried Neville blissfully, holding out his hands. 'Oy, you there! Is this your toad?' said Hagrid, who was checking his boats as people climbed out of them.

They were carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them right underneath the castle, until they reached a kind of underground harbour, where they clambered out on to the rocks and pebbles. 'Heads down!' yelled Hagrid as the first boat reached the cliff they all bent their heads and the little boats carried them through a curtain of ivy which hid a wide opening in the cliff face.

It towered over them as they sailed nearer and nearer to the cliff on which it stood. Everyone was silent, staring up at the great castle overhead. 'Everyone in?' shouted Hagrid, who had a boat to himself, 'Right then- FORWARD!'ДЄnd the fleet of little boats moved off all at once, gliding across the lake, which was as smooth as glass. Harry and Ron were followed into their boat by Nevlille and Hermione. 'No more 'n four to a boat!' Hagrid called, pointing to a fleet of little boats sitting in the water by the shore.

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Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers. The narrow path had opened suddenly onto the edge of a great black lake.

'Yeh'll get yer firs' sight o' Hogwarts in a sec,' Hagrid called over his shoulder, 'Jus' round this bend here.'.

If you can emulate this in your writing then you are onto a winner. The first time we see it is a magical moment. Do your children need or want to describe a castle in their stories? If the answer is yes then there are not many finer examples than Hogwarts.

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