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[anne_t_squires]

No: HPFGUIDX 173162


> > Libby wrote:
> > > I'm curious if anyone was as surprised/dismayed at Ron's 
> ability to fake Parseltongue .
> > 
> > 

Career Advisor wrote:
>   Here's my take on it. Of all there adventures together, the one
that sticks in Ron's mind the most, were those desperate few minutes
when he and Harry were trying to save Ginny from the chambers of
secrets. It is a defining moment. 
>    
>   Hermione his new friend was for all intents and purposes dead, his
baby sister might be dead, Lockheart was a coward and the cave-in mean
he could not help Harry try to resuce his sister. 
>    
>   Suppose he had to stand there while your house is on fire and let
your neighbor save your sister. Ever moment of that was probably
etched in his mind just as much as Harry's memorites of his attacks on
his parents (which since he is 1 yr old at the time, he probably only
has because of the piece of Voldy's soul that used to be in there).

<snip>

Anne Squires:

That makes a lot of sense to me.  Also, Ron would have heard Harry
open the locket horcrux using parseltongue.  I'll bet every moment,
every single second,  of rescuing Harry and the sword then destroying
the horcrux stands out clearly in Ron's memory.

In addition to that, didn't Harry try to open the snitch repeatedly
while he was on the run with Ron and Hermione?  I'll bet Ron heard
Harry say "open" hundreds of times in parseltongue as he tried to open
the snitch.  

Anne Squires