[HPforGrownups] The Prophecy - Did Snape really only hear half of it?

[Laurel Coates]

No: HPFGUIDX 171375

Rummage8 writes:

The prophecy:

I am a little confused about Snape only hearing half of it. And I
would love any feed back anyone has.

Dumbledore tells Harry "that the eavesdropper was detected only a
short way into the prophecy and thrown from the building...He only
heard the first part, the part foretelling the birth of a boy in July
to parents who had thrice defied Voldemort. Consequently, he could not
warn his master that to attack you would be to risk transferring power
to you--again marking you as his equal."

This is fine. So from this picture. Snape is hovering outside the
door. Listening in. He hears "THE ONE WITH THE POWER TO VANQUISH THE
DARK LORD APPROACHES...BORN TO THOSE WHO HAVE THRICE DEFIED HIM, BORN
AS THE SEVENTH MONTH DIES." He is caught. The owner tells him to
scram. He runs and tells his master what he has heard.

Ok, but this is does not make sense.


so ok...few things have come to mind..maybe jk made a mistake..its
happened before
or
maybe Snape only told Voldemort half the prophecy...

Laurel:
These are the same ideas I have had.  Here' s another idea: Trelawney came
out of her trance in time to see Snape, and assumed that he had just gotten
there, rudlely interrupted her, etc. However, I think it is more likely that
the sequence of events was something like this:

1) Snape follows Dumbledore to the Boar's Head
2) Dumbledore starts his meeting with Trelawney
3) Snape starts sneaking upstairs
4) Aberforth follows Snape to see what he's up to
5) Trelawney breaks into her prophecy
6) Snape listens outside the door
7) Trelawney completes the first half of the prophecy
8) Aberforth catches Snape and pulls him away fromt eh door
9) Trelawney finishes with her prophecy
10) Trelawney hears the noise outside the door
11) Dumbledore and Trelawney open the door and see Snape struggling with
Aberforth as he pulls Snape downstairs
12) Aberforth throws him out the door
13) Trelawney and Dumbledore finish their interview.

Laurel


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