The two versions of the Prophecy

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 143182

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at y...>
wrote:
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> I'm wondering whether anyone else views Trelawney's version of the
> Prophecy and Snape's role as eavesdropper as irreconcilable with
> Dumbledore's version. 
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> Carol


bboyminn:

Someone already gave the prefect answer to this question. I don't
think we have two different version of the story, we have the same
story from two different prespectives. 

As Ceridwen points out in post# 143174, Aberforth encounters Snape
outside the door listening. As soon as Aberforth arrives, Snape stops
listening. Aberforth asks him what he's doing, Snape makes lame
excuses, the discussion heats up, and all the while, Trelawny is still
inside giving the Prophecy. When Snape's lame excuses prove
ineffective and Snape tries to make a break for it, they struggle and
Aberforth collars him and takes him in to see Dumbledore. By this
time, the Prophecy is over, it's really not that long, and Trelawny is
coming around.

That seems a prefectly reasonable and consistent timeline to me.
Naturally, Aberforth would make /some/ inquiries before bursting in on
Dumbledore, and that would take time. And the Prophecy only takes
about 30 seconds to read out loud, so we are not talking about a huge
block of time here.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn