Tales of Beedle the Bard: The Wizard and the Hopping Pot

Amazon has posted a review of the first story: The Wizard and the Hopping Pot. I’ve already been asked by one friend to review the story via the review and to review the review! She must think I was given one of the six copies. I’ll make two notes and leave the discussion to the HogPro All Pros.

First, the story must pre-date all the Wizard Secrecy conventions and regulations. [Read more…]

Goblet of Fire: ‘The Dark Mark’ & ‘Mayhem at the Ministry’ (Chapters 9 & 10)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Chapters 9-10

Mark True statements with a “T” and False statements with an “F.”

1. _____ A group of wizards with faces hooded or masked magically suspend the Roberts family, all Muggles, over the campground the night after the Quidditch Cup Championship. The school age Weasleys, Harry, and Hermione are sent to hide in the woods.

2. _____ Harry, Ron, and Hermione meet Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle in the forest. Draco says the Muggle-tossing wizards will be after Mudblood Granger next. [Read more…]

Goblet of Fire: ‘Bagman and Crouch’ & ‘The Quidditch World Cup’ (Chapters 7 & 8)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Chapters 7-8

Mark True statements with a “T” and False statements with an “F.”

1. _____ Mr. Roberts, the Muggle camp-site manager, “needs a Memory Charm ten times a day to keep him happy.” He is suspicious of all the foreigners and “weirdos” he sees. “There’s a bloke walking ‘round with a kilt and a poncho.”

2. _____ Harry, Ron, and Hermione go to get water for breakfast and meet students their age from Durmstrang School and The Salem Witches’ Institute as well as friends from Hogwarts. [Read more…]

“J.K. Rowling Fairy Tale Sells for $4M”

Now I really wish I had been given one… Don’t you?

I wonder if the “lucky winner” will sell or post or publish the stories. Here’s hoping.

Goblet of Fire: ‘Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes’ & ‘The Portkey’ (Chapters 5 & 6)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Chapters 5-6

Mark True statements with a “T” and False statements with an “F.”

1. _____ Mr. Weasley is angry with Fred and George because they left Ton Tongue Toffees behind at the Dursleys in the hope that dieting Dudley would dive into them.”I spend half my life campaigning against the mistreatment of Muggles…”

2. _____ Mrs. Weasley sends Ron, Harry, and Hermione upstairs so she can give the twins, founders of Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, a piece of her mind. [Read more…]