Help deciding on a great part from HP

[bluesqueak]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., rvotaw at i... wrote:
> Help!  I've decided it might be nice to read a portion from one of 
the HP books 
> when I do the "literary festival" thing on Halloween (i.e. dress 
up as Hermione 
> Granger!)  What scene would be really vivid when read aloud? That 
involves 
> Hermione?  That a four year old could comprehend?  Yes, I'm asking 
a lot.  
> Which is why I'm asking, if it were that simple I could think of 
it myself. :)  
> It also needs to be able to be understood on its own with no 
working knowledge 
> of HP, other than perhaps the movie.  Most kids around here seem 
to have seen 
> it.
> 
> Thanks for any input!
> 
> Richelle

Uh, how about the polyjuice scene in Chapter 12 of CoS? With cuts.

If you read from the Christmas Dinner (about 7 pages into the 
Chapter in my edition), then *cut* from 'We'll meet you back here, 
alright?' to 'they sprinted in their socks up the marble staircase 
up to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom' (about 2 and a half pages later in 
my edition )

[with a line to cover - Something like After Harry and Ron had 
managed to sneak into the Slytherin Common Room, they realised with 
horror that their hour was nearly up...] 

then continue to the end of the chapter.

It shows Hermione off, it's got a funny punch line, and I think four 
year olds would probably like the idea of a potion that turns you 
into a cat if you get it wrong.

Otherwise, Phyllis's suggestion is a good one...

Pip!Squeak
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