.What.are.those.ropes.for,.then?..Harry.asked..
He.had.just.noticed.ropes.thick.as.saplings.stretching.from.around.the.trunks.of.the.largest.nearby.trees.towards.the.place.whee.Grawp.lay.curled.on.the.ground.with.his.back.to.them..
.You.have.to.keep.him.tied.up?..said.Hermione.faintly..
.Well….yeah…..said.Hagrid,.looking.anxious...See.‐.it.s.like.I.say.‐.he.doesn.
.really.know..is.own.strength...
Harry.understood.now.why.there.had.been.such.a.suspicious.lack.of.any.other.living.creature.in.this.part.of.the.Forest..
.So,.what.is.it.you.want.Harry.and.Ron.and.me.to.do?..Hermione.asked.apprehensively..
.Look.after.him,..said.Hagrid.croakily...After.I.m.gone...
Harry.and.Hermione.exchanged.miserable.looks,.Harry.uncomfortably.aware.that.he.had.already.promised.Hagrid.that.he.would.do.whatever.he.asked..
.What.‐.what.does.that.involve,.exactly?..Hermione.enquired..
.Not.food.or.anythin.!..said.Hagrid.eagerly...He.can.get.his.own.food,.no.problem..Birds.an..deer.an..stuff….no,.it.s.company.he.needs..If.I.jus..knew.someone.was.carryin..on.tryin..ter.help.him.a.bit….teachin..him,.yeh.know...
Harry.said.nothing,.but.turned.to.look.back.at.the.gigantic.form.lying.asleep.on.the.ground.in.front.of.them..Unlike.Hagrid,.who.simply.looked.like.an.oversized.human,.Grawp.looked.strangely.misshapen..What.Harry.had.taken.to.be.a.vast.mossy.boulder.to.the.left.of.the.great.earthen.mound.he.now.recognised.as.Grawp.s.head..It.was.much.larger.in.proportion.to.the.body.than.a.human.head,
.and.was.almost.perfectly.round.and.covered.with.tightly.curling,.close‐growing.hair.the.colour.of.bracken..The.rim.of.a.single.large,.fleshy.ear.was.visible.on.top.of.the.head,.which.seemed.to.sit,.rather.like.Uncle.Vernon.s,.directly.upon.the.shoulders.with.little.or.no.neck.in.between..The.back,.under.what.looked.like.a.dirty.brownish.smock.comprised.of.animal.skins.sewn.roughly.together,.was.very.broad;.and.as.Grawp.slept,.it.seemed.to.strain.a.little.at.the.rough.seams.of.the.skins..The.legs.were.curled.up.under.the.body..Harry.could.see.the.soles.of.enormous,.filthy,.bare.feet,.large.as.sledges,.resting.one.on.top.of.the.other.on.the.earthy.Forest.floor..
.You.want.us.to.teach.him,..Harry.said.in.a.hollow.voice..He.now.understood.what.Firenze.s.warning.had.meant..His.attempt.is.not.working..He.would.do.better.to.abandon.it..Of.course,.the.other.creatures.who.lived.in.the.Forest.would.have.heard.Hagrids.fruitless.attempts.to.teach.Grawp.English..
.Yeah.‐.even.if.yeh.jus..talk.ter.him.a.bit,..said.Hagrid.hopefully...Cause.I.reckon,
.if.he.can.talk.ter.people,.he.ll.understand.more.that.we.all.like..im.really,.an.
.want..im.ter.stay...
Harry.looked.at.Hermione,.who.peered.back.at.him.from.between.the.fingers.over.her.face..
.Kind.of.makes.you.wish.we.had.Norbert.back,.doesn.t.it?..he.said,.and.she.gave.a.very.shaky.laugh..
.Yeh.ll.do.it,.then?..said.Hagrid,.who.did.not.seem.to.have.caught.what.Harry.had.just.said..
.We.ll…..said.Harry,.already.bound.by.his.promise...We.ll.try,.Hagrid...