Fred & George's Abilities

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No: HPFGUIDX 74882

My children and I were watching CoS the other evening and my youngest 
son kept asking me why Ron is afraid of spiders, so I told him of 
when Ron was (I believe) three Fred & George turned his teddy bear 
into a spider. (I believe this is stated somewhere either in CoS or 
SS/PS canon.)  Think for a moment that if F& G are two years older 
than Ron, at five they were transfiguring a teddy bear into a 
spider.  That's one serious piece of magic for five year olds 
considering that thing isn't taught until first year at Hogwarts 
(turtle to tea pot, etc.).  Not to mention the fine peice of magic 
they performed in the halls before they left with their swamp.  Even 
Professor Flintwick was impressed with it.  It got me to thinking 
that these boys through all their silly jokes and lack of ambition 
for what Percy would term "real work" that there is much more than 
meets the eye to these boys and that they are much more powerful 
wizards than is being let on in the books.  Look for them to be more 
active in the OoTP in book six and seven.

Jules, who wishes she knew some of Molly's "householdy" spells.