Ron's Birthday Present

[Jen Reese]

Sneaky!JKR

who likes to leave things in plain sight

like a certain artifact

which blocked our view

of Mr. Draco

and later turned out

to be very important.

(Hope my spoiler space wasn't actually a spoiler <g>).

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I glossed over many scenes and now in my re-read have time to wonder 
about the little things JKR slipped in. Like Ron's birthday watch.

It's sort of sad in retrospect. Dumbledore couldn't wear it anymore 
on his withered arm and gave it to the Weasely's to give to Ron (is 
my thinking). Like he knew he wouldn't need it anymore. And he 
wanted Ron in particular to have it for some reason. I saw 
speculation from vmonte on the main list that this verifies that 
both Dumbledore and the Weasleys are Heirs of Gryffindor. Don't know 
if JKR's latest comments rule that out for everyone or just Harry.

Wonder if Hermione will also be reciving an unusal gift on her 
birthday next September?

Jen