Contest: Scar is permanent

mcandrew at bigpond.com mcandrew at bigpond.com
Sat May 12 01:37:30 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 18583

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Haggridd" <jkusalavagemd at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Horst or Rebecca J. Bohner" 
<bohners at p...> 
> wrote:
> > "Wondering, Harry put a hand to his forehead.  There was no 
longer 
> any trace
> > of a scar."
> > 
> > Rebecca J. Bohner
> > rebeccaj at p...
> > http://home.golden.net/~rebeccaj
> 
> Rebecca, that is the most original last sentence I have read.  It 
is a 
> little early to proclaim a winner, but so far your sentence--and 
> accompanying rationale-- has my vote.
> 
> Haggridd

I agree - sentence and rationale are great - but remember this 
passage in Book 1 (UK ed. p.16) -

"Inside, just visible, was a baby boy, fast asleep.  Under a tuft of 
jet-black hair over his forehead they could see a curiously shaped 
cut, like a bolt of lightning.
"Is that where - ? whispered Professor McGonagall.
"Yes," said Dumbledore. "He'll have that scar forever."...

Sorry to be a wet blanket!

Lama





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