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dragonsmemory said:
I was very young when I first discovered the series. You must realize that I learned to read at the age of two. My kindergarten teacher gave me the first book when I was five years old. It was a little more challenging than my other books, so my mom made it into my bedtime story. We would read it chapter by chapter together. I remember sitting up in bed around this time. My mom sat on the side of my bed while I looked over her shoulder at the book. I am sure that story held me captive for all seventeen chapters.
Later, when my reading improved, I took to the habit of reading myself to sleep. I would slip almost out of bed, crawl to the bookshelf, and grab a book. I would lay there for a very long gime, just reading. Many times I would fall asleep while reading. I only know this because I would wake up that morning and find the book on the floor beside my bed.
I only broke that habit after my family and I moved, which was when my eyes got so bad I would never be able to read without them.
As the years went on, I eagerly looked forward to the release of the next installment. I have all of the books in hardcover. My entire childhood WAS Harry Potter.
When the first movie was released, I was taken to see it in the theater for my birthday. I was still young, so a few parts scared me. Later, I saw the previews for Chamber of Secrets. The preview, I remember, showed the Polyjuice sequence. That scared me. Terrified, I told my parents I did not want to see the rest of the movies in the theater. That promise has been kept.
I do have the movies here at home, but the only other one I saw was the last, again for my birthday.
My eighteenth birthday marked the end of my childhood and the end of Harry Potter. Like most children, I waited for a Hogwarts letter when I turned eleven. I still tell people my birthday is the same as Harry's. It is a way of remembering my childhood hero.
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