They shoot horses don't they (was Horse Feathers)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 94153

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:

> Carol:

> Harry fell fifty feet from a broom and only broke his arm, 

Geoff:
He didn't even break his arm - you may be confusing that with COS 
when he gets hit by a Bludger. But there were reasons....

"It was as though Harry's memory was on fast forward. The 
lightning.... the Grim..... the Snitch.... and the Dementors....
'What happened?' he said, sitting up so suddenly they all gasped.
'You fell off,' said Fred. 'Must've been - what - fifty feet?'
'We thought you'd died,' said Alicia, who was shaking.'"

(POA "Grim Defeat" p. 135 UK edition)

"'Dumbledore was really angry,' Hermione said in a quaking 
voice. 'I've never seem him like that before. He ran onto the pitch 
as you fell, waved his wand  and you *sort of slowed down before you 
hit the ground....'"

(Ditto p.136)