哈利波特與魔法石The Vanishing Glass(二)
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When he was dressed he went down the hall into the kitchen. The table was almost hidden beneath all Dudley's birthday presents. It looked as though Dudley had gotten the new computer he wanted, not to mention the second television and the racing bike. Exactly why Dudley wanted a racing bike was a mystery to Harry, as Dudley was very fat and hated exercise -- unless of course it involved punching somebody. Dudley's favorite punching bag was Harry, but he couldn't often catch him. Harry didn't look it, but he was very fast.
Perhaps it had something to do with living in a dark cupboard, but Harry had always been small and skinny for his age. He looked even smaller and skinnier than he really was because all he had to wear were old clothes of Dudley's, and Dudley was about four times bigger than he was. Harry had a thin face, knobbly knees, black hair, and bright green eyes. He wore round glasses held together with a lot of Scotch tape because of all the times Dudley had punched him on the nose. The only thing Harry liked about his own appearance was a very thin scar on his forehead that 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 gotten it.
"In the car crash when your parents died," she had said. "And don't ask questions."
Don't ask questions -- that was the first rule for a quiet life with the Dursleys.
Uncle Vernon entered the kitchen as Harry was turning over the bacon.
"Comb your hair!" he barked, by way of a morning greeting.
About once a week, Uncle Vernon looked over the top of his newspaper and shouted that Harry needed a haircut. Harry must have had more haircuts than the rest of the boys in his class put
together, but it made no difference, his hair simply grew that way -- all over the place.
Harry was frying eggs by the time Dudley arrived in the kitchen with his mother. Dudley looked a lot like Uncle Vernon. He had a large pink face, not much neck, small, watery blue eyes, and thick blond hair that lay smoothly on his thick, fat head. Aunt Petunia often said that Dudley looked like a baby angel -- Harry often said that Dudley looked like a pig in a wig.
他穿好衣服后便走向了廚房。飯桌上全部都是達德里的生日禮物。其中好像有達德里想要的新電腦，更不用提第二臺電視機及賽車。為什么達德里會想要一輛賽車，哈利一直想不通。達德里那么肥又不喜歡運動——當(dāng)然打人除外。達德里最喜歡的拳擊對象就是哈利，但是他不能經(jīng)常抓到哈利，哈利跑得比他快。
可能跟長期住在黑黑的柜于里有關(guān)系，哈利就他這樣年紀(jì)的小孩來說，實在是又小又瘦。他經(jīng)常穿達德里的舊衣服，這使他看上之顯得更小更瘦——要知道達德里要比他大四倍啊。哈利長著一張瘦瘦的疙瘩臉，黑黑的頭發(fā)，亮藍(lán)色的眼睛。他的那幅圓眼鏡是用很多膠布粘在一塊的，因為達德里總是喜歡打他的鼻子。哈利對自己長相最滿意的地方要算前額上那道閃電形狀的疤痕了。他從自己記事時開始就已經(jīng)有這道疤了，他還記得自己問帕尤妮亞的第一個問題就是自己是怎樣得到這個疤的。
"在你父母死去的那場車禍中。"她是這樣回答的。"不要再問任何問題了。"不要問任何問題——這是在杜斯利家平靜生活的第一條法則。
當(dāng)哈利翻動烤肉的時候，維能姨丈進了廚房。
"梳好你的頭發(fā)！"他吼叫著，算是早上打招呼的方式。
幾乎每個星期，維能姨丈都會從報紙中探出頭來叫哈利去剪頭發(fā)。哈利剪頭發(fā)的次數(shù)比他班上所有其他男孩子加起來的還要多。
但是無濟于事，他的頭發(fā)還是一如既往地瘋長著。
達德里和他媽媽走進廚房時，哈利正在煎蛋，達德里簡直和他父親生得一模一樣。他有一張大大的，粉紅色的臉龐，幾乎沒有頸根，小小的眼睛，濃密的金色頭發(fā)柔順地貼在他肥肥的腦門上。帕尤妮亞姨媽總是說達德里像一個天使——哈利覺得他像一只戴著假發(fā)的豬。
