Marauder's Map fluttered out of Harry's hands AGAIN?

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No: HPFGUIDX 14718

> No, it doesn't say he gets it back, but that is such a simple thing 
to
> correct. Dumbledore, or Hagrid, or even Snape might give it to him 
at the
> beginning of the next term. Or, the new DADA might give it to him, 
knowing
> somehow that it is his, and also, like Snape, not know what it is.
> Therefore, it would seem harmless enough giving it back to Harry. 
Maybe it
> is in an envelope or drawer marked, "confiscated from Harry Potter."
> 
> Doreen

I don't think that the ink on the map vanishes automatically, as 
Harry would have told Moody how to use it. Harry just gave Moody the 
map. I think you have to say some spell for the ink to disappear 
(Correct me if I'm wrong), and I think if Snape got hold of it he 
will be able to read it as the fake Moody wouldn't have bothered to 
make the ink invisible.

Mike