[HPforGrownups] Re: Things that you wish were in the Harry Potter novels

[Sandra Lynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 192051


> Pat:
> > "Hmmm," said a small voice in his ear. "Difficult. Very difficult.
> Plenty of courage, I see. Not a bad mind either. There's talent, oh 
> > my goodness, yes -- and a nice thirst to prove yourself, now that's
> interesting. . . . So where shall I put you?"
>
> > So there are no "Slytherin" traits mentioned, at least not the 
> > things the Sorting Hat mentions later in its songs in subsequent 
> > books.
>
> Geoff:
> Curiously, I see the Sorting Hat's comments here as pointing up
> possible Slytherin traits....


Yes, I, Too, see a thirst to prove oneself, as another way of stating
ambition, which is quite slithering.

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