Chapter 12: The Sorting Hat
They climbed a stone staircase and gathered in front of a large oak door. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Hagrid raised a large fist and slammed it three times on the castle gate.
The door opened immediately. A tall, serious-looking black-haired witch in an emerald green robe stood in front of the gate. "First-year freshman, Professor McGonagall." Hagrid said.
"Thank you, Hagrid. I'll pick it up here. ”
She opened the door wide open. It's a huge foyer, like Gringotts, with blazing torches around the stone walls. The ceiling is so high that you can barely see the top. The façade is a lavish marble staircase that leads upstairs.
They followed Professor McGonagall down the stone floor. Hundreds of people buzzed through the door on the right, and the rest of the school had already arrived.
Professor McGonagall led the first-year students to a small, empty room at the other end of the hall. Everyone rushed in, huddled together, nervously and carefully gazing at everything around them.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," Professor McGonagall said, "the opening party is about to begin, but before you get to the dining hall and take your seats, you should first determine which house you are going to. Sorting is an important ritual because during your time at school the house is like your home at Hogwarts. You will attend classes with other students in the college, live in the dormitory of the college, and spend your free time together in the common room of the college.
"The names of the four houses are: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own glorious history and has produced outstanding witches and wizards. During your time at Hogwarts, your outstanding performance will earn extra points for your house, while any misconduct will result in a loss of points for your house. At the end of the year, the college with the highest score receives the House Cup, which is a high honor. I hope that no matter which house you are assigned to, you will be able to bring glory to the college.
"In a few minutes, the sorting ceremony will be held in front of all the teachers and students of the school. I suggest that you get in order and be refreshed while you wait. ”
"I'll pick you up when it's ready." Professor McGonagall said, "While you wait, be quiet. With that, she left the room.
Susan quietly pulled Wang Yong's robe: "What? ”
She whispered, "How will the branch be divided later?" ”
Wang Yong replied: "Don't worry, just come as arranged then." ”
"Hmm." Susan nodded obediently, most of the Bones family were born in Hufflepuff, and Susan would probably enter Hufflepuff as well.
After a while, Wang Yong heard a scream from behind him, turned around, and suddenly more than twenty ghosts burst out of the wall behind them. These pearly white, translucent ghosts glided across the room, turning heads and ears, paying little attention to the first-year students. They seem to be arguing about something. A chubby little friar-looking ghost said, "Forgive, forget, I say, we should give him another chance-"
"My good monk, haven't we given Peeves enough chances? But he gave us all nasty nicknames. You know, he can't even reach the slightest ghost - I mean, what are you doing here?"
A ghost in a bodysuit with a wheeled ruffled collar suddenly discovers a freshman.
No one answered. "New life!" The chubby monk smiled at them. "I guess you're going to get tested, right?"
Some students nodded silently.
"Hopefully you'll get a Hufflepuff!" The monk said, "I used to attend that college. ”
"Now move forward," said a shrill voice, "and the sorting ceremony is about to begin." ”
Wang Yong looked at these souls, the souls of the magic world are like this, and tangible things always seem not so terrifying. So now that I have the ability to magic, will I be able to see ghosts in my original world?
Professor McGonagall is back. The ghosts fluttered across the opposite wall and disappeared. "Now, in a row," Professor McGonagall said to the first-year students, "follow me." ”
They walked out of the room, through the foyer, and through a double door at the back into the lavish dining room.
Students from the rest of the academy were already seated around four long tables, above which thousands of candles fluttered in the air lit up the cafeteria. Four tables are lined with glittering gold plates and goblets. At the top of the cafeteria is a long table with the teachers' seats. Professor McGonagall brought the first-year students over there and had them line up in front of the entire upper class, with the teachers behind them. The candlelight flickered, and hundreds of faces staring at them were like pale lanterns.
Wang Yong looked up and saw a little starlight twinkling on the velvety black ceiling.
The ceiling of Hogwarts is synchronized with the outside, and Wang Yong can't help but be overwhelmed by this glorious scene when he sees all this, this is simply the nobility of the aristocratic school, even Buckingham Palace is not as good as it.
Professor McGonagall gently placed a four-legged stool in front of the first-year freshman, and then placed a wizarding hat on the stool. The hat was patched, worn out, and dirty.
There was silence in the restaurant. Then, the hat twisted. The brim of the hat was torn open by a wide slit like a mouth—and the hat began to sing:
You may think I'm not pretty,
But don't judge people by their appearance,
If you can find a more beautiful hat than mine,
I can eat myself.
You can make your bowler hat jet black and shiny,
Make your high-topped caps smooth and crisp,-
- I'm the Hogwarts Test Hat,
Naturally, they are taller than your hats.
Any thought hidden in your mind,
can't hide from the magic hat's golden eyes,
Put it on and try it,
I'll tell you,
Which college should you be assigned to?
You may belong to Gryffindor,
There is bravery buried in the bottom of my heart,
Their courage, courage and boldness make Gryffindor stand out;
You may belong to Hufflepuff,
The people there are upright and loyal, and the Hufflepuff students are stoic and honest, and they are not afraid of hard labor;
If you are shrewd,
Old Ravenclaw, who may be wise, and those who are wise and erudite will always meet their fellow disciples there;
Maybe you'll go into Stetelin,
You may make sincere friends here, but the cunning and sinister will stop at nothing to achieve their goals.
Come put me on!
Don't be afraid! thousand
Don't panic!
In my hands
You are absolutely safe
Because I'm a thinking hat!
After the Magic Hat finished singing, the audience applauded, and the Magic Hat bowed to the four tables one by one, and then stood still.
Wang Yong couldn't help but feel a little entangled when he heard the words of the sorting hat, he was not bold and afraid of hard labor, he was far from shrewd, he was not insidious and cunning, but he was a little unscrupulous. If you are strict, I guess you won't be able to enter any college.
"Xiao Yi, can you block the Sorting Hat's snooping on my mind?"
"Absolutely."
"I mean let it see what it wants to see."