Philospher's Stone Question

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 132497

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "marephraim" <htfulcher at c...> 
wrote:
> In the Philospher's Stone, Rone tries to turn his rat yellow. It 
> doesn't work. My daughter made the observation that this was 
probably 
> not because Ron was inexperienced or using a worn out wand but 
because 
> Scabbers was actually wormtail. 
> 
> Has this been discussed?
> 
> M.E.

vmonte:
It doesn't work because Fred and George did not give Ron a real spell.
I think this scene was meant as a joke. JKR told us right away that 
Wormtail was a coward. Ron did not have to turn the rat "yellow" 
because the rat was already "yellow."

Vivian