Colin Creevy/The basilisk attacks

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No: HPFGUIDX 113123

 
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> SSSusan:
> These questions *are* troublesome.  For one thing, presumably the 
> Basilisk no-speaka-de-English.  I thought one had to speak 
> Parseltongue for it to respond.  (Or is that movie contam.?) 

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> I think perhaps Ginny was communicating with Diary!Tom and that he 
> either did the calling or gave her instructions (and taught her 
> Parseltongue????) in order to actually call & direct the Basilisk.  

I don't remember if it was mentioned in CoS (I assume so) but in OoP
Ginny talks about being possessed by Tom, presumably when he possessed
her to kill the chickens and to open the chamber he could also speak
parseltongue.

Colin