Does the sorting hat sort?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 84865

> Cheekyweebisom said: the Hat itself is a Slytherin -- very cunning.  

Didn't the hat originally belong to Godric Gryffindor? It seems to be
under some sort of Legilimency spell that enables it to read thoughts
or feelings, possibly like those we see in the Pensieve, but it also
has the ability to interpret those feelings and choose what it thinks
is the proper house for each student based on those feelings. As for
cunning, I think shrewdness is a more apt description. In any case,
the hat doesn't seem to favor any particular house. Also take note of
the Sorting Hat's song in Book 5. Oddly and ironically, it's starting
to disapprove of its own reason for being, the sorting of the students
into houses.

Carol