The two versions of the Prophecy

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 143177

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ceridwen" <ceridwennight at h...> 
wrote:
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> So, the conclusion I came to is that Dumbledore didn't want Harry to 
> see anything but Trelawney giving the prophecy.  He didn't want Harry 
> to see the room, the scene outside the windows (snow?  dead of 
> night?), he didn't want him to see *anything else*.
> 
> I can get at least two reasons for that.  There are probably more.  
> One: Dumbledore wants Harry to focus on the prophecy to the exclusion 
> of all else, so he 'spotlights' it; Two: Dumbledore doesn't want 
> Harry to see something in the room for whatever reason.
> 

I think you answered your own suggestion.  If your conclusion about 
using a popup memory rather than a dive-into-the-pensieve memory is 
correct (which it well may be), it is most likely because Dumbledore 
did not want Harry to see that Snape was the eavesdropper.  He didn't 
want Harry to know that Snape is the reason the Potters are dead.

Allie