"He amused himself for a moment, picturing Dumbledore, with his long silver beard, full-legnth wizard robes, and pointed hat, stetched out on a beach somewhere, rubbing suntan lotion onto his long, crooked nose."
"The Dursley's had never allowed this before; their general wish of keeping Harry as miserable as possible, coupled with their fear of his powers, had led them to lock his school trunk in the cupboard every summer prior to this. But their attitude had changed since they found out that Harry had a dangerous murderer for a godfather- for Harry had conveniently forgotten to tell them that Sirius was innocent."."
"'Dudley's diet isn't going too well. My aunt found him smuggling doughnuts into his room yesterday. Thay told him they'd have to cut his pocket money if he keeps doing it, so he got really angry and checked is PlayStation out the window.'"."
"-Dudley had reached roughly the size and shape of a young killer whale."."
"'P. S. I do hope we put enough stamps on.'
Uncle Vernon finished reading, put his hand back into his breast pocket, and drew out something else.
'Look at this,' he growled.
He held up the envelope in which Mrs. Weasley's letter had come, and Harry had to fight down a laugh. Every bit of it was covered in stamps, except for a square inch on the front in which Mrs. Weasley had squeezed the Dursley's address in minute handwriting."."
"Harry frowned. He thought it was a bit rich for Uncle Vernon to call anyone 'dumpy,' when his own son, Dudley, had finaly achieved to do what he'd been threatening to do since the age of three, and become wider htan he was tall."."
