Kitties and Theme Parks (FF)

[davewitley]

Sarah wrote 

> > <<  Can anyone tell me if there is any truth in this? < Disney 
is in a
> > preliminary stage of constructing a Harry Potter-themed park.> >>

Heidi:

> I wish there was; I'd love a Hagrid's Area at Animal Kingdom.

*drifts off into dream...*

...Harry came to with a jerk.  Professor MacGonagall was looking at 
him expectantly.  "Well, Potter?  Have you read Chapter 17 of 
Advanced Transfiguration?  Or am I going to have to spell it out for 
you?"

Harry's mouth opened and closed, twice.

"Five points from Gryffindor for inattention.  Well, Miss Granger?"

"Professor, the Disnification curse is one of the most unpleasant 
forms of Dark Magic known.  At the Council of Warnerbros in 1931 it 
was very nearly declared to be Unforgiveable."

"Very good, Miss Granger.  And can you say what it does?"

"It is used to turn a perfectly decent fictional creature into 
something so revoltingly cloying that even the most ardent 
aficionado will find herself vomiting uncontrollably.  The witch or 
wizard points their wand at the object in question - very often the 
kind of fierce or monstrous animal that Professor Hagrid would call 
an interestin' creature - and says 'waltdisni'.  The creature 
undergoes a rapid transfiguration: a proud and stern creature such 
as a Hippogryph will develop a jovial smile and a folksy manner; a 
dangerous reptilian creature such as a dragon will find itself with 
amusingly clumsy extremities and is very likely to become fluffy and 
pale blue in colour.  A frankly repulsive creature like a Blast-
Ended Skrewt may be turned entirely to saccharine.  Even a creature 
driven almost entirely by instinct, such as an Acromantula, is 
liable to break into a merry dance, accompanied by music of such 
mind-numbing jollity that small children who are exposed to it will 
vow to have their brains pierced as soon as they grow up.  There is 
no known countercurse: once transfigured, the creature becomes 
permanently lodged in the public imagination, which withers and 
diminishes.  Even Lord Voldemort never-"

"Miss Granger!  He who must not be named, if you please!"...

*...wakes up.*

Ugh.  What a horrible nightmare!  Thank goodness it couldn't really 
happen.

Could it?

David