Where's the brain?

[ausclub7]

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From: ausclub7
Subject: Re: Where's the brain?
Reply To: [Yahoo! #7118] Where's the brain?
Date: 8/18/00 2:13 am  (ET)

ive been wondering why JKR reminded us of what mrs weasley said about
the diary when harry got the marauders map. i was suspicious of the map
for the rest of POA and slightly surprised when i reached the end and
found that it didnt really serve a major purpose... well it did. but not
in an 'evil' way that was implied by the reminder of molly weasley's
warning. was the warning just something tossed casually (and rather
carelessly) in, or was it a reminded that we trust anything if we cant see
where it keeps its brain; objects such as the aforementioned portraits,
or trusted objects like the sorting hat?