{"id":17612,"date":"2017-05-13T14:33:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T04:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=17612"},"modified":"2017-05-13T14:33:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T04:33:32","slug":"manuscript-of-rare-harry-potter-prequel-stolen-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/manuscript-of-rare-harry-potter-prequel-stolen-in-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Manuscript of rare \u2018Harry Potter\u2019 prequel stolen in Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON<br \/>\nA rare Harry Potter prequel handwritten by author JK Rowling on a postcard has been stolen during a burglary in central England, police said on Friday, as they appealed for help from fans of the wizard across the world.<br \/>\nThe 800-word story, set three years before Harry Potter is born and which sold for \u00a325,000 ($32,152) at a charity auction in 2008, was stolen from a property in Birmingham between April 13 and 24, reported<br \/>\n\u201cPlease don\u2019t buy this if you\u2019re offered it,\u201d Rowling wrote on Twitter. \u201cOriginally auctioned for @englishpen, the owner supported writers\u2019 freedoms by bidding for it.\u201d<br \/>\nThe proceeds of the auction were donated to English PEN, an organisation which champions freedom of expression, and to Dyslexia Action. \u201cThe only people who will buy this unique piece are true Harry Potter fans. We are appealing to anyone who sees, or is offered this item for sale, to contact the police,\u201d said Constable Paul Jauncey from West Midlands Police.<br \/>\nHandwritten over two sides of an A5 postcard, the untitled prequel features the characters Sirius Black and Harry\u2019s father James. It opens with a youthful Sirius and James cornered by two irate policemen at the end of a high-speed motorcycle chase.<br \/>\nAfter an exchange of words with the policemen, the two teenagers make their escape using a touch of magic. The card concludes with the words \u201cFrom the prequel I am not working on \u2014 but that was fun!\u201d<br \/>\nMore than 450 million copies of the seven original Harry Potter books have been sold worldwide, in 79 languages. 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