Hagrid looked down at his umbrella and stroked his beard.

“Shouldn'ta lost me temper,” he said ruefully, “but it didn't work anyway. Meant ter turn him into a pig, but I suppose he was so much like a pig anyway there wasn't much left ter do.”

He cast a sideways look at Harry under his bushy eyebrows.

“Be grateful if yeh didn't mention that ter anyone at Hogwarts,” he said. “I'm — er — not supposed ter do magic, strictly speakin'. I was allowed ter do a bit ter follow yeh an’ get yer letters to yeh an’ stuff — one o’ the reasons I was so keen ter take on the job.”

“Why aren't you supposed to do magic?” asked Harry.

“Oh, well — I was at Hogwarts meself but I — er — got expelled, ter tell yeh the truth. In me third year. They snapped me wand in half an’ everything. But Dumbledore let me stay on as gamekeeper. Great man, Dumbledore.”

“Why were you expelled?”

“It's gettin’ late and we've got lots ter do tomorrow,” said Hagrid loudly. “Gotta get up ter town, get all yer books an’ that.”

He took off his thick black coat and threw it to Harry.

“You can kip under that,” he said. “Don’ mind if it wriggles a bit, I think I still got a couple o’ doormice in one o’ the pockets.”

　　哈格力低头看着他的伞，一边摸着自己的胡子。

　　"我不应该乱发脾气的。"他后悔地说，"但是不这样他们也不知道教训。我本来想把他变成一只猪的。但是转念一想他本来已经长得够像猪的了，所以才只给他安了一条猪尾巴。"他用他那浓得如同灌木丛一般的眉毛下的眼睛膘了哈利一眼。

　　"如果你不把这件事告诉霍格瓦彻的任何人的话，我会很感激你的。"他说，"严格说来，我不应该施魔法的，我只有在你施了魔法之后才能跟着你施魔法的。

　　我的工作只是把信给你。我喜欢我的这项工作的原因之一是——""为什么你不应该施魔法？"哈利问。

　　"实话告诉你，我原本是霍格瓦彻的居民的，可是在我住到第三年的时候，我被赶出去了，他们折断了我的魔法棒。可是丹伯多让我留下来做了看守员。他真是一个好人。""为什么他们要赶你走？"

　　"天色已经很晚了，可我们还有大把事没做呢。"哈格力大声地说，"我们快到镇上去买你的书和其它东西吧。"他褪下他的厚重的黑大衣丢给哈利。

　　"你可以睡在里面，"他说。"如果里面有东西蠕动的话，你千万不要害怕。

　　因为我在我的口袋里放了几只冬眠的睡鼠。"