Horses galloped swiftly, kicking up billows of dust.
They startled a flock of birds and sent a few panicked small beasts scattering.
The Sorting Hat hummed a little tune, its voice relaxed. "It's been a long time since I've been out like this. Back a thousand years ago, before Hogwarts was famous and Godric and the others had to go out searching for students, he'd take me along just like this."
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