Prophecy problems (was Harry the Chosen)

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No: HPFGUIDX 79351

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hickengruendler" 
<hickengruendler at y...> wrote:
So 
> Dumbledore probably supposed, that whoever listened at the dor, 
> didn't have any good intentions and considered at least the 
> possibility, that the eavesdropper was working for Voldeort. Why 
else 
> would someone spy at Dumbledore at this critical time? Later 
> Dumbledore's spy (probably Snape) told him, that Voldemort was 
after 
> the Potters, and this confirmed Dumbledores suspicion.
> 
> Hickengruendler

I think it is significant that more than a year passed before 
Voldemort took any apparent action on the prophecy.  The part about 
the one being born at the end of July to those who had trice defied 
him narrowed down the possibiliies to the Longbottoms and the 
Potters (according to Dumbledore).  Harry was 15 months old when the 
attack came, and his parents had only designated a secret keeper 
about a week before when Dumbledore warned them they were in 
danger.  

So why did Voldemort wait for more than a year?  Either he didn't 
hear about the prophecy right away, or he was waiting for something 
else - but what?

Ravenclaw Bookworm