Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Little Whinging iguta rokufungidzira riri muSurrey, England, riri kumaodzanyemba kweLondon. Alison Lurie akacherechedza muNew York Review of Books kuti zita re Little Whinging "joke iro vaverengi veAmerica vangasawana: taizodaidza nzvimbo yacho Little Whining".Nhamba 4, Privet Drive, Little Whinging, ndiyo imba yaDursleys, umo Harry anogara natete vake Petunia, babamunini Vernon, uye hama yavo Dudley. Akagara ikoko kubva pazera remwedzi gumi nemishanu, mushure mekunge ambogara nevabereki vake muGodric's Hollow; zvisinei, kubvira paakatanga kuenda kuHogwarts, anoshandisa nguva shoma ipapo, kunyangwe achizvidya mwoyo achidzoka panguva yezororo rezhizha. Nhamba 4 inozivikanwa kuva nemakamuri okurara mana kumusoro, kanenge kamuri imwe yokugezera, kicheni, imba yokugara uye imba inochengetedza pasi (kunze kwebhokisi riri pasi pematanho).  Mubvunzo: Zita reguta iro Alison Lurie akaseka pamusoro paro nderipi?
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