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The Journey From Platform Nine And Three-quarters At that moment a group of people passed just behind him and he caught a few words of what they were saying.“— packed with Muggles, of course—”Harry swung round. The speaker was a plump woman who was talking to four boys, all with flaming red hair. Each of them was pushing a trunk like Harrys in front of him — and they had an owl.Heart hammering, Harry pushed his cart after them. They stopped and so did he, just near enough to hear what they were saying.“Now, whats the platform number?” said the boys’ mother.“Nine and three-quarters!” piped a small girl, also red-headed, who was holding her hand, “Mom, cant I go…”“Youre not old enough, Ginny, now be quiet. All right, Percy, you go first.”What looked like the oldest boy marched toward platforms nine and ten. Harry watched, careful not to blink in case he missed it — but just as the boy reached the dividing barrier between the two platforms, a large crowd of tourists came swarming in front of him and by the time the last backpack had cleared away, the boy had vanished.“Fred, you next,” the plump woman said.“Im not Fred, Im George,” said the boy. “Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother? Cant you tell Im George?”“Sorry, George, dear.”“Only joking, I am Fred,” said the boy, and off he went. His twin called after him to hurry up, and he must have done so, because a second later, he had gone — but how had he done it?Now the third brother was walking briskly toward the barrier he was almost there — and then, quite suddenly, he wasnt anywhere.There was nothing else for it.“Excuse me,” Harry said to the plump woman.“Hello, dear,” she said. “First time at Hogwarts? Rons new, too.”She pointed at the last and youngest of her sons. He was tall, thin, and gangling, with freckles, big hands and feet, and a long nose.“Yes,” said Harry. “The thing is — the thing is, I dont know how to—”“How to get onto the platform?” she said kindly, and Harry nodded.“Not to w