Year After Year....Young Witches and Wizards Stand Before Me....
Bewildered and Also Confused....
For They all wonder...
what was To happen Next....
And Think....
Why Is An Old,Dusty,Ancient Hat Like Me....
Sits...And Stands opon...
A wooden Stool...
After a Few minutes....
I Then....
Speak in Bold Words.....
A tale Mostly...
Of How The Four Greatest Witches And Wizards...
Founded This School....
And of why I stand....
And Speak...
To tell you..
Which House...
you should ought to Be in...
Maybe Gryffindor??
Where Your Heart Is brave And True Like No one Else...
And you may easily...make new friends....
For you are Kind to Be around....
Or Ravenclaw?
Where Your Brain Succeeds...
at Every Task that may come your way....
Because you are very Smart...
And There is Nothing....
That you cant solve...
How About Hufflepuff?
Where no one will mistake you for A fake....
For you must Be..
very true....And Help anyone that Comes Your Way....
For you are Very nice...
Gentle And Calm..
And always Looks At the Brighter Things Of Life..
And Whats To Come...
Perhaps Slytherin?
Where you will Meet Your True Friends....
And Mostly Have alot in Common With Them...
But Beware...Make sure..
If you are Needed..To Help Your Friend...
It might lead to the Right Maybe Mostly Wrong......
So let Me take you to The Past......
These Four Wizards....
Gryffindor,Ravenclaw,Hufflepuff.and Salazar Slytherin....
They Were the Greatest Of their age.....
They Built This School...
They Debated...
Fought...
For Which Kind Of Students...
Should Be let into The School....
Ravenclaw..
She wanted The Smartest...
Slytherin wanted the Purest...
Gryffindor wanted The Brave Hearts....
But HufflePuff Said that she will....
Treat Them all the same.....
All of them Thought and Thought...
And They all decided They should Have four Houses...
Each Representing Their Names...
And also what kind Of student they wanted to go into theirs....
But Years Past...
They Fought Some more...
But they said they were Done Fighting....
Trying to Seperate..
which Child Goes Where......
So thats Why I was Made...
You see??
Dont be terrified....
I wont hurt...
I was just made to look deep within your heart...
Your Mind....
Your soul....
To put you in the Right house....
If your mad with The choice...
The House I put you in....
Dont blame me...
Im just An old,Dusty Hat alright?
For I just speak the words...
That come Deep within your heart....
So take your seat...
While I put myself On top Your Head....
So I may see...
What House You were meant to be in...
For now...
And Forever....
In future Generations...
To the new and to the Old Witches And Wizards..
That Came to this school before...
You all know me...
And Will Remember Me...
As The Hogwarts School Witchcraft and Wizardry....
Only...
And always..
Sorting Hat.....

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