Biting one's tongue

[siriusgeologist]

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From: siriusgeologist
Subject: Re: Biting one's tongue
Reply To: [Yahoo! #7739] Re: Biting one's tongue
Date: 8/24/00 8:23 pm  (ET)

Ok I'm not sure how we are going to make this transitions so I'm going
to post this reply to the thread on holding your tongue while others
are just starting to read to both boards....

anyway melanie posted:

During SS, he kept saying (with a triumphant air), "I know Snape's
behind everything. It's *so* obvious!" He'd see me smirking, and say,
"I'm right, aren't I?" I bit my tongue, like Simon, but did say, "Isn't
he a little *too* obvious?"

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I have a couple of friends and my mom who had trouble getting into the HP
books at first, and I think its because they read along and they think,
well its a kids book and I can figure out this plot...Snape is the bad
guy, so he must be the one who's going to get Harry in the end. I always
tell them to just keep reading until the end of the first book....It
wasn't until I read the end of the first book that I was hooked.


Melanie also wrote:
During PoA, I told him I give him a medal if he figured it out. So he
started guessing everyone he could think of: "Is it Flitwick? Seamus
Finnigan? That ghost professor?" No matter whom he named, I simply
said maybe.

I love watching someone get into the Harry Potter world, but it is hard
to keep from spoiling it for them.

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Try attempting to keep a 7 year old from telling his Dad that Sirius
is not the bad guy, when dad (you all know him as Randy) had only
gotten through 1/2 of CoS! It was all I could do to keep said son from
exploding with the ending of PoA! (this was in April) Children are not
great at keeping secrets, particularly when their dad is speculating
constantly....it was a fun month or two. I also find I have to bite my
tongue when asked "who's your favorite character" I have to make sure
the person has read through PoA before telling them (its Sirius...in case
anyone is new here and hasn't heard about my thing for Sirius...anyway)

hope noone minds this post going to both boards...If we want to post
only on one board let me know...or maybe we keep the threads seperate?

carole