COS Chapter 3 Summary - The Burrow

[Amber ?]

No: HPFGUIDX 23213


Because I seem to have no life besides the computer, I came up with 
an...ahem...alternate version of the summary. You can find it here:

http://www.the-tabula-rasa.com/COSChap3.html

I will post the Chapter 4 summary on Tuesday. Anyways, onward with the 
normal summary...

Chapter 3 - The Burrow

Harry looks out of his bedroom window to see Ron sitting in a car, parked in 
midair. Ron says that hes here because he was worried about having no word 
from Harry all summer. Harry explains that the Dursleys wont let him out 
and asks Ron to tell the Ministry. Ron replies that he, George, and Fred are 
there to bring Harry with them to the Weasley home.

Fred throws Harry a rope and Harry ties it around the bars on his window. 
Without any trouble, the Flying Ford Anglia pulls the bars off. George and 
Fred pick the lock to Harrys room and help Harry put his things in the 
Anglia. Just as Harry gets ready to get in the flying car, Hedwig lets out a 
screech that wakes the Dursleys up. Harry grabs Hedwig, who he nearly 
forgot, and Vernon breaks down the door. He grabs Harry by the ankle, but 
Ron, Fred, and George manage to pull Harry into the Anglia.

As Harry, Ron, George, and Fred fly to the Burrow, Harry tells them about 
Dobby, the warning, and the problem with the violet pudding. They all think 
over what it means and speculate that Draco Malfoy may be behind it. The 
Weasleys tell Harry about how odd Percy has been acting during the summer 
and about Arthur Weasleys job at the Ministry.

They land the Anglia at the Burrow. They exit the car and see Mrs. Weasley 
marching towards them. She yells at Fred, George, and Ron about taking the 
car. After she shouts herself hoarse, Mrs. Weasley welcomes Harry and tells 
them all to go in for breakfast. When they enter the kitchen, Harry notices 
the clock that doesnt tell the time, the cooking books on the mantelpiece, 
and the wizarding radio.

They eat breakfast. Ginny enters the kitchen in her nightdress but leaves 
very quickly, and Ron explains about how shes been talking about him all 
summer. Mrs. Weasley punishes George, Fred, and Ron to de-gnome the garden 
and tells Harry that he can go to sleep. However, he decides to help the 
twins and Ron. Before they go, Mrs. Weasley pulls out Lockharts book to see 
what he has to say on de-gnoming and Fred says that she fancies him.

The Weasleys and Harry go out to de-gnome the garden and Harry sees his 
first gnome. Ron shows Harry how to grasp the gnomes by the ankles, swing 
them around his head, and let them go. He explains that this doesnt hurt 
the gnome, just makes them dizzy so they cant find their gnomeholes 
quickly.

They finish de-gnoming the garden and Mr. Weasley comes home from night 
raids at work. Mrs. Weasley confronts her husband about the Anglia and 
starts to yell at him. Ron and Harry go upstairs.

Ron shows Harry his room. Its nearly all orange, since its covered wall to 
wall with Chudley Cannon Quidditch posters. Comic and schoolbooks are piled 
in a corner. Theres a tank full of frogspawn and Scabbers. Harry looks out 
the window to see the gnomes re-entering the Weasley garden and says that 
the Weasley house is the best house hes ever been in.

Questions:

1) When Harry thinks that Malfoy mightve sent Dobby, did you think that as 
well? Did you think it was a simple joke? Or did you think there was 
something more to Dobbys message?

2) What did you think when first read about Percy acting strange? Did you 
automatically think that it was because of a girl?

3) How do you think the twins knew how to drive/fly a car? Theyre only 
about 14 years old at the time and as wizards, would not be familiar with 
it. And they obviously had to use magic to start it up (Ron uses his wand to 
start the ignition in Chapter Five). Why didnt the Ministry send them a 
warning for using magic during holidays?

4) Do you think the Weasley twins and Ron really thought they could get away 
with Harry just showing up? The excuse Mum, look who turned up in the 
night! is a pretty flimsy explanation. Do they really underestimate their 
mother that much?

5) Do you think the Weasleys always de-gnome the garden by swinging the 
gnomes around in circles? Or do you think it was just because it was a 
punishment?

6) Obligatory Silly Question: do you want a Chudley Cannons poster? I sure 
do...

~Amber
(My first summary! Wasn't that fun?)

"Humans can evolve by themselves.  In order to do so,
they have to know their actual structures.
Do you think about what you really are?"
- Serial Experiments Lain, Layer 12 "Landscape"


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