Right after class we rushed to Hagrid's hut, not looking to see if we were followed. We knocked and Hagrid opened the door right away, a wide grin on his face. "It's nearly out," he said, breathless and excited as we came in. And there it was, sitting on the table with deep cracks all over it. We sat down and stared at it intensely. Within a few minutes the egg was moving a bit and then there was a loud scraping noise and it split open.