Marauder's Map

[jmoses22002]

No: HPFGUIDX 131723

Alisha wrote:
> In CoS, Arthur has the memorable line, "Don't trust anything that 
> can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain."  
> When Harry first uses the map, he even remembers this advice.
> 
> My question is, will JKR ever show us why the map shouldn't be 
> trusted?  It seems like she meant Arthur's advice to be sound, but 
> Harry's quick dismissal of it seems like a cop-out (if it was indeed 
> meant to set our fears to rest).
<snip>
> -Alisha: who sincerely hopes we see the map playing a trick on us 
> later.


I believe, that line was said in order to raise your suspicions about
Tom Riddle's book.  The map just got caught in the cross fire.
-jmoses22002