Uncle Vernon harshly scolded Harry and vowed: "There""s no such thing as magic." Owl-postal delivery brought Harry a letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but it was confiscated.The 20th Century Fox feature was based on ex-Army officer Edmund H.North""s adaptation of the 42-page 1940 short storyFarewell o the Masterby Harry Bates.(Bates"" short story was also reprinted in an anthology of science fiction stories in 1946 entitledAdventures in Time and Space.The police arrived at the school, where Ronny""s and Laurie""s wounds were bandaged, as the stretcher carrying Myers in a body bag was loaded into a coroner""s vehicle." The Kid suggests that the townspeople cannot be won over: "I don""t want you goin"" out there this mornin"".He told them: "If the Witch knew the true meaning of sacrifice, she might have interpreted the Deep Magic differently.