When Neville was called, he whimpered softly and looked to Harry with large, pleading eyes. Harry pat him awkwardly on the shoulder, smiling gently and wishing him luck. He fell over on his way to the stool. The hat took a long time to decide with Neville. When it finally shouted, "GRYFFINDOR," Neville ran off still wearing it, and had to jog back amid gales of laughter to give it to "MacDougal, Morag."