"Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling,
Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger
and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'."
Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when
the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive.
Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are
swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh
birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in
with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to
begin!