Chicken Scratch Transcribed (was:Re: Thank You-JRK Site)

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "oldone7777" <csalgado at r...>
wrote: <snip>
> 
> The hand written page is interesting. She says it would have changed 
> the story. The problem is, I can't read it!!! It's chicken scratch!!!
> How sad! I'll try translating it when I've had a good rest. Can 
> anyone out there acually read it?

I spent a few minutes transcribing the page. Not sure I've got each
word correct, but I think you'll be able to get the gist of it. Enjoy!




So this Flamel bloke found the stone -- said Ron.
"No -- made it," said Harry. "He was an alchemist which means"
"Someone who burns base metals into gold, said Hermione. She had that
old proving I-know-more-than-everyone-else look on her face, the other
two noticed, "Of course. I read about him in 'Alchemy, Ancient Art and
Science' by Argo Pyrites --"
"I missed that one myself," muttered Ron.
"--of course, it's some of the most difficult magic you can do. And
you can end up not just with pure gold, but also with a funny stone
lump --"
"Which is what I'm on about," said Harry, "The Philosophy Stone, yes.
And it works too. It kept Nicholas Flamel and his wife alive for about
five hundred years."
"What?"
"I know," said Harry. "But it's true. He was spotted at the open in
Paris in 1762  and he was born back in 13 something."
Ron whistled.
"But he's dead now?" he asked.
"Of course," said Harry. Someone stole his stone so he couldn't make
any more Elixir of Life, could he? It takes a while to make another
stone and by that time, I suppose, he was just too old to live without
his Elixir until a new stone was ready.  And now I'll tell you
something else really weird that i haven't told you up to now -- the
stone was found in my parents' safe at Gringott's Bank."
But instead of the interested noises Harry had expected, Ron and
Hermione simply stared at him.
"What?" said Harry.
Ron cleared his throat, opened his mouth to speak but shut it again.
"What?" Harry said.
"Well, Harry," said Hermione. "I mean..."
"You mean what?"
He stared at them both as they shuffled their feet and tried not to
look him in the eye.
"You don't think," he said suddenly and angrily, "That my parents
stone the stone?"
"Um..." said Ron.
"Look," said Harry furiously, "That's like saying they murdered Flamel..."
"Oh, Harry, we never thought..."
"Not much you didn't," said Harry. "I don't know how it got in there,
but the stone wasn't put there by them..."
 Ron quickly. "I'm sure you're right."