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In the reptile house, Harry pays close attention to a boa constrictor and is astonished when he is able to have a conversation with it. ... At this moment, the glass front of the snake's tank vanishes and the boa constrictor slithers out onto the floor. Dudley and Piers claim that the snake attacked them.

Dudley received 36 presents, including a new computer, a second television, a remote control aeroplane, sixteen new computer games, a gold wristwatch, a video recorder, a cine-camera, a remote control, a racing bicycle, (which Harry found odd, as Dudley was very fat and hated exercise if it did not include punching ...

Chapter Two: 'The Vanishing Glass' Further reading and new activities. Now that you've refreshed your memory of J.K. Rowling's second chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (or Sorcerer's Stone for our US readers), here's more about 'The Vanishing Glass'.

The only thing Harry liked about his own appearance was a very thin scar on his forehead which was shaped like a bolt of lightning. He had had it as long as he could remember and the first question he could ever remember asking his Aunt Petunia was how he had got it.

Summary. Punished for the boa constrictor incident, Harry is locked in his cupboard until summer. When finally free, he spends most of the time outside his house to escape the torments of Dudley's cohorts. ... Harry tries to get the letter, but Uncle Vernon keeps it from him.

Mrs. Dursley describes her sister as "dratted" and "a freak." She feels alienated by being the "only one who saw [Lily] for what she was" and by the fact that her parents didn't share this fear of and disgust about witchcraft. ... Dursley could never dream of, and their parents were "proud" of Lily magical talents.

Harry is now almost eleven and living in wretchedness in a cupboard under the stairs in the Dursley house. He is tormented by the Dursleys' son, Dudley, a spoiled and whiny boy. ... In the reptile house, Harry pays close attention to a boa constrictor and is astonished when he is able to have a conversation with it.

Two versions of the film are being released. It is to be known as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US. Any scenes that mention the philosopher's stone were filmed twice: replacing sorcerer for philosopher.

Dumbledore tells McGonagall that Voldemort killed the Potter parents the previous night and tried to kill their son, Harry, as well, but was unable to. ... Dumbledore takes Harry and places him on the Dursley's doorstep with an explanatory letter he has written to the Dursleys, and the three part ways.