Harry: who are you?

 

Dobby: Dobby, sir. Dobby ,the house-elf.

 

Harry: not to be rude or anything, but thisis not the great time for me to have a house-elf in my bedroom.

 

Dobby: yes sir, Dobby understands. It’s justthat Dobby has come to tell you. Itis difficult, sir. Dobby wonders where to begin.

 

Harry: Why don’t you sit down?

 

Dobby:sit,sit down?sit sit sit down? Oh, oh,oh ohohohoh…..

 

Harry: Dobby, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean tooffend you or anything.

 

Dobby: offend Dobby? Dobby has heard yourgreatness, sir. But never has he been asked to sit down by a wizard, like aequal.

 

Harry:you can’t have met many decentwizards then.

 

Dobby: no, I haven’t. that was an awfulthing to say. Bad Dobby! Bad Dobby! Bad Dobby!

 

Harry: Dobby stop! Stop, please! Stop! Stop!Are you all right?

 

Dobby: Dobby had to punish himself, sir. Dobbyalmost spoke ill of his family, sir.

 

Harry: your family?

 

Dobby: The wizard family Dobby serves, sir.Dobby is bound to serve one family forever. If they ever knew Dobby was here,wo….But Dobby had to come. Dobby has to protect Harry Potter. To warn him. HarryPotter must not go back to Hogwarts schoolof witchcraft and wizardry this year. There is a plot. A plot to make mostterrible things happen.

 

Harry: what terrible things? Who’s plottingthem?

 

Dobby: wo! Can’t say!

 

Harry: ok! I understand, you can’t say!

 

Dobby: don’t make me talk!

 

Harry: Dobby, Dobby! Put the lamp down!