What is with the "Prank" ? - Pensieve Recall

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 100014

> Carol wrote:
> > 
> > Carol, who wishes we could see a memory of the so-called 
Prank,  which I'm sure had nothing to do with uncanonical 
magical barriers or  Peter Pettigrew
> 
> Potioncat:
> I'd like to see that too!  And I've seen a quote that indicates
that 
> we'll either see more of or learn more about the background to 
it. But the speculation that there was a barrier or that Pettigrew 
was  involved...just speculation, mind you....comes from my  
question "Where was the werewolf and why?" Although I may not 
have  worded it that way at the time.
> 
> Lupin says "If Snape had gotten inside the house he would 
have met a  full grown werewolf..."(paraphrased) yet we're told 
Snape glimpsed  the werewolf at the end of the tunnel.
> 
> And I was wondering if the werewolf made so much noise, why 
would  Snape have gone into the house?  So the issues that 
sprung up were: 
> 1. Was he in as much danger as they all thought he was?
> 2. Had the werewolf been freed from the shack?

Pippin:
And the question that sprang up in my mind was 
3. Did Snape have a choice?

Clearly Lupin's explanation, "Well, of course Snape tried it" 
leaves a lot to be desired.  We can all invent ingenious 
explanations. But unless we're willing to believe Snape was 
another Bertha, there's no "of course," is there? 

Pippin
who thinks the whole Bertha Jorkins penseive memory was put 
in the story precisely so Dumbledore could ask, " [W]hy did you 
have to follow him in the first place?"  Forget Florence!