What is with the "Prank" ?

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 99905

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Carol wrote: 
> The memory we see in the occlumency chapter is of a young boy, 
perhaps
> eight or ten years old, trying to control an unruly broom. The 
broom's
> behavior is not in itself an indication of the rider's skill: We 
know
> that a good broom doesn't try to throw off its rider. 
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 Most likely he's trying in the memory to
> ride a hexed or jinxed broom, bound and determined to control it
> despite the laughing girl. Wish I knew who she was and why she 
found
> his struggle so amusing.


Potioncat:
Hi Carol, haven't seen you in a while!
Not to be picky, but why do you think Severus was only 8--10 in this 
memory?
  
But I do agree, the broom must have been hexed.  I'd like 
to know who the girl is too.  Although most people seem to take this 
as a bad memory and partial proof of a sad life, I've also seen it 
explained as a small part of a bigger memory, with much less 
unhappiness associated with it.
Potioncat