"At Hogwarts a long time ago,
a problem was debated
Where would all the students go?
And then I was created!


"I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat,
no longer sleek and tall,
you can keep no secrets from me,
nothing, not at all!



"For I can see within your head,
where you oughta go,
In Gryffindor, or Ravenclaw,
or Hufflepuff, you know!
Or in Slytherin, is where you will make your friends,
those Slytherins do anything,
to acheive their ends!


"So come on up,
try me on!
And I'll try not to bite you,
but never, ever force me on,
or I will surely smite you!"

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