Retirement from Hogwarts

Professor McGonagall is back.The ghosts drifted one by one across the opposite wall and disappeared.As the ghosts left, Jack clearly felt a ghost glance at him.But when he looked over, the ghosts had disappeared through the wall.

"Now, in a single line," Professor McGonagall said to the first-year students, "follow me."

Although Jack had read about it many times in books, he had never imagined that this place could be such a magical, wonderful and magnificent place.Students from other classes in the college were seated around four long tables, above which thousands of gilded candlesticks floating in the air lit up the entire dining room.Sixteen long ornately carved tables were set with gleaming gold plates and goblets.There is another long table on the table at the top of the restaurant, which is where the teachers sit.Professor McGonagall took the first years there and asked them to line up in a row facing the entire upper class, with the teachers behind them.The candlelight flickered, and the thousands of faces watching them looked like pale lanterns.Ghosts also shone dimly among the students.Jack looked up and saw stars twinkling on the velvet-black ceiling.He heard Hermione whisper to him: "A spell has been cast here. It looks like the sky outside. I read about it in "Hogwarts: A History of the School"." It's hard to believe that there is really something there. Ceiling, it is also difficult to believe that the roof of the restaurant is not open-air.

Professor McGonagall gently placed a four-legged stool in front of the first-year students, and then she placed a pointed wizard's hat on the stool.The hat was patched, worn, and dirty.Then the hat twisted.A wide slit opened in the brim, like a mouth—and the hat began to sing:

You may think I'm not pretty,

But don't judge a book by its cover,

If you can find a more beautiful hat than mine,

I can eat myself.

You can make your bowler hats black and shiny,

Make your top hats smooth and crisp,

I'm the magic hat for the Hogwarts test,

Naturally, it is much taller than your hats.

any thought hidden in your mind,

No one can escape the magic hat's golden eyes and fiery eyes,

Put it on and give it a try,

I will tell you,

Which college should you go to.

You may belong to Gryffindor,

There is courage buried in the bottom of my heart,

Their courage, boldness and boldness,

Make Gryffindor stand out;

You may belong to Hufflepuff,

The people there are upright and faithful,

Hufflepuffs are stoic and honest,

Not afraid of hard work;

If you're smart,

Into wise old Ravenclaw, perhaps,

Those who are wise and learned,

Will always meet their fellows there;

Maybe you'll be in Slytherin,

Maybe you make a true friend here,

But those cunning and insidious people will do everything possible to

to achieve their goals.

Come and wear me! Don’t be afraid!

Don't panic!

in my hand,

You are absolutely safe because I am a thinking magic hat!

After the hat finished singing, the audience burst into applause, and the hat bowed to the four dining tables one by one, and then stood still.

"So we just need to wear this hat?" Hermione's voice seemed a little disappointed, but also seemed a little happy. "I asked Qiu how she was sorted before, and she said she couldn't reveal it to me. I always thought it would be an exam, and I had to review it alone for a long time."

"Hermione-chan, you're so naughty, you didn't tell me this kind of inside information." Jack pretended to look sad to tease Hermione.

"Hmph." Hermione snorted dissatisfiedly. "Who are you and why should I tell you?" My sister-in-law said arrogantly with a slightly red face.

"We are best friends." Jack said shamelessly.

"Humph." Although the little girl made a dissatisfied voice, the slightly upturned corners of her mouth and the slightly red face betrayed her heart.

Then Professor McGonagall took a few steps forward, a roll of parchment in hand.

"Whoever I call by name now puts on a hat, sits on a stool, and waits for sorting," she said. "Hannah Abbott!"

A little girl with a rosy complexion and two golden braids stumbled out of the queue and put on a hat that just covered her eyes.She sat down.There was a moment's pause - "Hufflepuff!" cried the Hat.

The people at the four tables on the far right applauded and cheered for Hannah, welcoming her to sit at their table.Harry saw the Fat Friar Ghost waving happily to her as well.

"Susan Burns!"

"Hufflepuff!" the hat called again.Susan quickly ran to Hannah and sat down.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of different little wizards were assigned to different academies.

"Jack Sparrow"