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      • To the Dursleys, anything that they saw as out of the ordinary, or didn’t understand, was to be treated with suspicion and fear. As is often the way, that fear turned into hatred and anger. This is the reason why they thought it was best to pretend that magic didn’t exist and tried to squash it out of Harry.
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