Flowerbeds?

[Cindy C. <cindysphinx@comcast.net>]

David asked:

> The relevant passage is: "a teenage boy who was lying flat on his 
> back in a flowerbed"
> 
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>
> So, is this one of these mysterious UK/US differences?  Would 
> Americans call lying on a lawn 'in a flowerbed' under some 
> circumstances?

No, a flowerbed is full of flowers and mulch.  And bugs.  And 
water.  And thorns.  And worms.  So you wouldn't voluntrily lie in 
one if there were anyplace else you might recline.  You'd lie on 
pavement before you reclined in a flower bed.

I think we can also safely assume Harry isn't hiding in a 
flowerbed.  A person hiding wouldn't do that flat on his back; he'd 
crouch or lie on his stomach.

So that means he either fainted, was pushed, or he fell.

I'm going with fell.  Off the roof.  Which would hurt.  And knock 
the wind out of him.  Which is why he's lying there.

And you know what he's thinking about?  

He'll be thinking about having fallen off his broom in CoS and in 
PoA, and he'll transition into thinking about Quidditch and Hogwarts 
and . . . everything.

Although I guess it is also possible that he fell off a ladder while 
being forced to paint the whole house on a hot summer day.  But that 
just doesn't feel right, somehow.

Cindy -- who doesn't even like to step in her flower beds, let alone 
lie in them