The Twins - Almost Right

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 141167

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "truthbeauty1" <rh64643 at a...> wrote:
> truthbeauty1 wrote:
> 
> > I was reading C.O.S. the other day and I came across something 
> > that I found to be odd. <snip> how did George know the moster had 
> > fangs?
>  
> Crypticamoeba:
> 
> > I believe that the twins were refering to the snake created by 
> > Draco Malfoy during the dueling club demostration and the fact 
> > that Harry is a parseltongue.
> > 
> > The twins didn't know about Slytherin's pet!
> 
> 
>    
>   truthbeauty1 again
> 
>  I dont think I agree with you here. This comment is made after 
> Hermione asks about the Chamber in Prof. Binns class, ... a myth he
> does say,"That is believed to be some sort of monster, which the 
> Heir of Slytherin alone can control." ... Since the twins are making
> fun of...Harry is supposed to be the Heir of Slytherin, I believe 
> they would be making an alusion to this monster, not the snake in 
> the  dueling club which had no connection to the Chamber.

bboyminn:

I say you ALMOST got it. I think they are making a joke of the fact
that Harry can speak Parsletongue and it is because of that that
people think he is the Heir of Slytherin. 

So Fred and George are combining those two facts into a joke, the
first half of the joke is the wild speculation that Harry is the Heir
of Slytherin, and the second half of the joke is the reference to
having tea, and by extension, talking with his 'fanged servant'. 

I don't think that Fred and George know anything at all about the
monster, and I don't in fact think they are even making a reference to
it. 

Of course, that's just one man's opinion.

Steve/bboyminn