Ton-tongue toffies and other tongue twisters

[kibakianakaya]

No: HPFGUIDX 157607

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...>
wrote:
>SNIP
> It's the weekend, we can use some fluff---does anyone else have an
> example of 'did she really write that?'--lines that sort of jump
out
> and amuse us.
>
>

Lilygale here:  Sorry for the delay, but I was traveling on business
and pleasure for nearly two weeks, and I'm just now catching up on
my HP4GU reading.  At the same time, I've been re-reading POA.  I
found a never-before noticed "Tom Swiftie" (unintentional? with JKR,
who knows) .

In Chapter 17 (Cat, Rat and Dog), Harry and Hermione are trying to
follow Ron, who is being dragged by Padfoot into the Whomping
Willow.  Crookshanks has just hit the Willow's "Stop" button.

"Crookshanks!" Hermione whispered uncertainly...How did he know.

"He's friends with that dog" said Harry grimly.


I had to stop and re-read.  She cracks me up.

Lilygale, who remembers that JKR's sense of humor is what drew her
to Harry Potter in the first place