OOP - Harry & Neville

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No: HPFGUIDX 62381

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dudemom_2000" 
<dudemom_2000 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ingachristsuperstar" 
> <ingachristsuperstar at y...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ckwmoore" <ckwmoore at y...> 
> > wrote:
> > > S
> > > P
> > > O
> > > I
> > > L
> > > E
> > > R
> > > .
> > > .
> > > .
> > > .
> > > 
> > > Surely the prophecy must refer to Harry since he was able to 
> > retrieve it.  Malfoy tells 
> > > Harry that "the only people permitted to retrieve a prophecy, 
> > Potter, are those about 
> > > whom it is made".
> > > 
> > > Chris
> > 
> > 
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> 
> US version P. 804 Harry throws the prophecy to Neville who grabs it 
> and puts it in his pocket! If everyone else is unable to handle it 
> the fact that Neville and Harry can is very significant. Possibly 
> Neville is still involved in the prophecy and possibly his life or 
> death is significant to Voldemort's continuing. Maybe this is 
> something we still have left to find out!  Just my 2 knuts.
> 
> *****\(@@)/*****
> 
> Dudemom_2000

Only the person the prophecy is about may lift it from the shelf.  
This is a spell the ministry put on the prophecies so that they would 
be safe.  The prophecy itself can be handled by anyone once it's 
removed from the shelf - which is why Lucius Malfoy was there to 
retrieve it.