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[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 125712


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> US version is purple and green shows Harry and Dumbledore looking 
> into what seems to be pensieve.  Harry holds wand at the ready.
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> UK children's version shows the same two engulged by flames, both 
> holding wands.  Adult version shows weathered looking magical 
book.  
> Couldn't make out the title but someone on the mugglenet comments 
> board said it's an advanced guide to potions (!)
 
> Alla: 
> Oh, dare I hope that this foreshadows Dumbledore stepping up to 
the plate ( finally) and being a real mentor to Harry ( in a sense 
of giving him some real training to prepare him)?
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> If that book is indeed "Guide to Potions" maybe it means that 
> Dumbledore will be teaching Harry Potions?

Hannah:  The interesting thing about the Potions book is that it 
looks so old and battered.  Now, I can't see Harry having a second 
hand book, since he's not exactly strapped for cash, so I wondered 
if this was a bit of a red herring.  Perhaps it isn't *Harry's* book 
at all, but a young Snape's.  Since the USA ed. shows DD and Harry 
looking into a pensieve, it's safe to say there will be more 
glimpses into the mysterious past.  I'm guessing this is where we'll 
see Sirius again.

We know that this is the book where we find out why DD trusts Snape, 
and that there is 'something huge' about Lily Potter.  My theory is 
that DD will show Harry the young Snape, and that book will 
feature.  Maybe the 'something huge' about Lily will be revealed 
along the way (IMO, that she was friends (platonic) with Snape).  

I don't think the cover of UK childrens ed. bodes well for DD's 
survival, given the look on his face.  

Hannah