If anyone asked Su Er and Harry how much ground a giant could cover in a single stride, they could easily answer: at least three times as much as an ordinary person walking normally.
Harry and Su Er had to jog to keep up with Hagrid and Madame Maxime ahead of them.
"Su Er, do you know where Hagrid's taking us?" Harry asked breathlessly.
"Shh... have you forgotten?" Su Er glanced warily ahead. He already knew what Hagrid was taking them to do, and according to the rules, this was not something they were supposed to know yet.
"Hagrid already gave us a hint when he had us come to his hut."
"You mean... dragons?" Harry quickly remembered what Hagrid had told them that day.
The voices ahead reached their ears as Maxime asked in a teasing tone.
"Where are you taking me, Hagrid?"
"You'll like it," Hagrid said cheerfully. "It's worth seeing, trust me. But-don't tell anyone I brought you to see it, all right? You're not supposed to know."
Hagrid put extra emphasis on the last sentence.
"Of course I won't tell." Maxime was a little surprised, but she still agreed to Hagrid's request.
By now, they had walked a long way around the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and neither the Castle nor the lake was visible anymore-a deafening roar suddenly reached their ears from a clump of trees not far away.
Hagrid and Madame Maxime had already stopped near the trees.
Su Er clearly heard Harry swallow and stop in his tracks.
"What are you standing there for? Come on." Su Er tugged at Harry's clothes and stopped a short distance from Hagrid.
Everything in the enclosure now came into view.
It was a makeshift camp surrounded by thick wooden boards. The camp was in chaos,