Nagini/basilisk/snake ramblings

[Vicki Merriman]

No: HPFGUIDX 242

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Brooks R" <brooksar at i...> wrote:
> > because the *dragons > > speak parseltongue*!
> 
> Then why didn't Harry catch a hint of them screaming  "YOU !! STAY
> WAY FROM MY EGGS"?

Although I agree with you that JKR doesn't seem to show dragons as 
intelligent creatures, there is certainly an explanation for why 
Harry didn't hear the Dragon screaming at him.

Remember that as soon as he stepped out and started to concentrate on 
the accio charm to get his Firebolt, his ears went dead.  He didn't 
hear the crowds, he didn't hear Bagman's play by play, he heard 
nothing until it was all over.

So if JKR wants to, she has a good reason that Harry didn't hear that 
particular dragon.  And of course the reason he didn't communicate 
with the Norwegian Ridgeback that Hagrid had in SS is that it was a 
baby and didn't know how to talk yet :-)


Personally, I don't think that dragons speak parseltongue, but if JKR 
wants to have Harry speak with a dragon in 5, 6 or 7, she can easily 
justify why he didn't hear the other ones. . . except, and this just 
occurred to me so I'm not going to rewrite my post, he should have 
heard them screaming at the wizards when he saw them with Hagrid down 
in woods.  Hmmm.  I don't think she's going to do it.

vicki