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Harry now turned to his present and unwrapped it.
現在哈利轉向給自己的禮物，動手拆開包裹。
Inside was what looked like a miniature glass spinning top.
包裹里面的東西好像是小型的陀螺。
There was another note from Ron beneath it.
陀螺下面還有羅恩寫的一張便條：
Harry—this is a Pocket Sneakoscope.
哈利——這是一個袖珍窺鏡。
If there's someone untrustworthy around, it's supposed to light up and spin.
如果周圍有什么不可信任的人，它就會發出亮光并且旋轉起來。
Bill says it's rubbish sold for wizard tourists and isn't reliable, because it kept lighting up at dinner last night.
比爾說這等于垃圾，是賣給旅游的男巫的，而且這東西不可信賴，因為昨晚晚餐時分它一直在發亮。
But he didn't realise Fred and George had put beetles in his soup. Bye—Ron.
但他不知道弗雷德和喬治已經往他的湯里放了甲蟲。再見——羅恩。
Harry put the Pocket Sneakoscope on his bedside table, where it stood quite still, balanced on its point, reflecting the luminous hands of his clock.
哈利把這個袖珍窺鏡放在他床邊的小桌子上，陀螺在它的尖端部分上取得了平衡，很穩當地站在那里，反映出哈利鐘上發光的指針。
He looked at it happily for a few seconds, then picked up the parcel Hedwig had brought.
他高興地看著陀螺，看了好幾秒鐘，然后拿起海德薇帶來的包裹。
Inside this, too, there was a wrapped present, a card and a letter, this time from Hermione.
包裹里面也有一份包扎起來的禮物、一張卡片和一封信，這是赫敏送的。
Dear Harry, Ron wrote to me and told me about his phone call to your Uncle Vernon.
親愛的哈利：羅恩寫信給我，把他打電話給你弗農姨父的事告訴了我。
I do hope you're all right.
我真希望你沒事。
I'm on holiday in France at the moment and I didn't know how I was going to send this to you,
目前我在法國度假，我不知道怎樣才能把這封信送給你，
what if they'd opened it at Customs? — but then Hedwig turned up!
如果海關的人打開了這封信怎么辦？但是海德薇出現了！
I think she wanted to make sure you got something for your birthday for a change.
我想它希望你確信能收到生日禮物以改變你的心情。
I bought your present by owl-order; there was an advertisement in the Daily Prophet
我通過貓頭鷹訂單買到了給你的禮物；《預言家日報》登了這個廣告
(I've been getting it delivered, it's so good to keep up with what's going on in the wizarding world).
（我讓人們把報紙寄給我，一直能夠了解魔法界的動態是很好的）。
