"Plymouth is afraid of clabberts too." Cela told Elizabeth helpfully, "But we are working on that and he looks cute when he's flailing so its okay really."

Cela shifted in her seat and attempted to add to the discussion, "The deathstick had a thestral tail-hair core and was made of elder wood. I think that is kind of interesting because as well as being extremely powerful, Thestrals have a highly-developed sense of direction and sense of smell; they are attracted to fresh blood. Also, you can only see a Thestral if you have seen and accepted death so they are --like the elder wand-- kind of elusive." She paused to nibble on her sugar quill.

"I think the core also relates to how the elder wand was attracted to and attuned to power. The refined senses of the thestral, as well as the associations that particular flying horse has with death, really underscore the nature of the elder wand and how it passed from wizard to wizard; always moving, always growing, its nature always changing; and yet remaining the same at its core." Celandine mused, adding to her notes as she spoke.

"It's also kinda noteworthy that a Thestral tail-hair core is extremely rare. Also, the wand wood is important. In Celtic lore elder is symbolised by 'The Black Horse' and the tree itself is the tree of life, death and rebirth; kind of like how the deathstick's cycle of ownership works." Celandine explained before looking up.

"You know its supposed to be bad luck to harm an elder tree? But it gives us soooo much too, if you know how to harness its power. You can use it for a whole bunch of therapeutic purposes, but its also extremely poisionous. So... um, I guess what I'm saying here is that the elder wand's inherant nature is reflected by its appearance and use throughout wizarding history, and maybe understanding the nature of such a thing before using it is the lesson that we can learn." Cela finished her musings and went back to nibbling on her sugar quill and corkscrewing her hair about her gloved finger.

"Pretty darn intense." Truebridge agreed, nodding first at Chris and then at Becca.

"Thank you for mentioning that superstition. Wand lore is actually fairly interesting." Ethan noted, "Some of the wand related superstitions are a little bit of a stretch, but they generally prove to be correct."

"Willow and Kayla, thank you." Both of them had been pretty on to it in class so far.

"I'd rather have my old wand." Truebridge whispered this so that Loretta wouldn't hear.


"Buumm." Truebridge repeated thoughtfully.

"So they say." Ethan watched the boy move back to his seat and conjured a stack of dunces hat, placing them on his desk and glancing around the class.

"Thank you girls." Truebridge nodded, giving the dunce hats a nudge with his finger so that the 'D' on the top one was visible to the class.

"Insightful as usual, Tobi." Ethan noted.

Ethan just blinked, wondering if the 'only 11' year old inhaled a textbook. Woulda been painful. Indigestion causing. Poor kid. He shot her a sympathetic look. 11 year olds shouldn't have to deal with the swallowing and subsequent regurgitation of textbooks. He idly wondered if it was a Krazimeriz punishment.

"If he had the elder wand, I wouldn't be here to teach this class today." Zan told the boy seriously, idly wondering how often Plymouth had heard the cats soundtrack during this class.

"Right. Common sense is something you female types often have more of." Ethan nodded, quite happy with his allotment of common sense.

"Apparently there is some fault to your logic." Ethan noted, considering the boy was currently standing in a corner wearing a dunce hat because of a girl.


"Right, as others have mentioned, the wand is unbeatable, the wizard is not."

"Thank you Abby."

Ethan stroked the kitty absently.



"Thank you both." Ethan nodded to their replies.

"Right." Ethan replied, equally as gently.

"Wand of elder never prosper... do you think that little piece of wand lore pre-dates the elder wand, or did it come about as a result of the elder wand? Truebridge posed the question to the class.

Well, it was interesting to note that this particular 'claw suddenly managed to give an amazing answer as soon as the two boys causing all the drama were dunced and moved from her vicinity. "Cela got her groove back." Ethan informed the class blandly before clearing his throat.

"I suggest you all take note of what Celandine here has to say in relation to the elder wand. It might come in handy next term, too." Truebridge told them.

"So, The Wizard and the Hopping Pot, The Fountain of Fair Fortune, The Warlock's Hairy Heart, Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump and The Tale of the Three Brothers; these make up the tales of Beedle the Bard. There may have been other stories which did not survive, but these five are brimming with lessons that I hope you all take to heart." Ethan paused and looked around the class, "In saying that, stories such as these can be looked upon as a social commentary of the times and certainly as examples of propaganda. And that goes for the originals as well as the rewrites.

If we do look at his stories as social commentary, what in the text might actually be inspired by events in Beedle's lifetime? Have a think about it and take your time, folks. No wrong answers here, but hit me with your theories. Examples. Go."


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Chris raised his hand. "Maybe Beedle had a bad experience trying to get the love of a girl and thats why he Wrote the Warlock and the Hairy Heart. Not that he went to those extremes but just for the lesson."

Kayla raised her hand, "To answer your question about the elder wand, I think that superstition came about after the wand became known and it was noted that every man who had possessed it seem to meet an early demise. Wand of Elder, never prosper. Well no-one ever did prosper from possessing it did they?"

Herminny eyed the professor for she could see this teacher thought she was crazy, but she did not care, she just enjoyed reading History books, it was something she liked, unfortunately I had only read the book on the famous wizard Harry Potter once or twice.

Herminny then started to think about the question at hand and raised her hand, " Beedle must have been around during a time when witches and wizards were persecuted for their abilities, this is probably what gave Beedle the inspiration to to write Babbity Rabbity and the Cackling Stump and possibly even the Wzard and the Hopping pot cause there had to be a reason the son hated muggles and did not want to help them and to this day it is just wishful thinking if anyone thinks all muggles and magiacal people can live together in harmony, it's sad though, I wish that could happen".

Cedric take a look with professor,he thought that this one was a very high-knowledge and intelligent one..a few seconds ago,Cedric raised his hand

,"ummm,maybe Beedle was traveling around other places and some places he reach have a wonderful,amazing but sometimes tragic happenings or stories like The Warlock's Hairy Heart and Beedle want to share this stories that's why he wrote The Tales Of Beedle The Bard?"

Oooh. This one was a bit of a toughie, weren't it? Professor Truebridge really was getting their brains working this lesson, and Clifford's felt close to exploding. After giving his sore head an ickle rub,the Prefect raised his hand.

"Well, for Babbitty Rabbitty.. perhaps Mister Beedle Bard himself saw some crazy muggle dude waving around twigs and trying to do magic? So he thought he'd write a story about that and give the lady some totally awesome name because he's just cool like that?" Oh yeah, Babbitty Rabbitty was just such a FUNKY name!

"And the Wizard and the Hopping Pot.. maybe Mister Beedle got the idea for THAT one because someone cursed his cauldron and it went bouncing around and he thought 'WOW! A hopping pot! That'd make one awesome story!'" Uhhh.. maybe not.

"OR!" Clifford started again, waving his arm around eagerly. "MAYBE, Mister Beedle Bard was just a little off his rocker and he just DREAMT all this stuff up!" Oh yeah.

Most of the tales deal with the relationship between muggles and wizards. In Wizard and the Hopping Pot, the pot bugs the wizard until he uses his magic to help his muggle neighbors. The moral being that wizards should help those less fortunate than them in this case muggles. In Babbity Rabbity and the Cackling Stump, we find wizards being persecuted by their muggle counterparts. Here we find a reason why the muggles hate wizards. The king hunts down the wizards because they have magical powers, and he does not. He is envious of the wizards in his kingdom. The stories give us insight into the stuggle between wizards and muggles that forced wizards to go into hiding. The end result was the passage of the Act of Secrecy.

The persecution of wizard by muggles also gave rise to antimuggle feelings in wizards. They were forced to live in secrecy by the muggle. This hatred resulted in many wizards refusing to have anything to do with muggles, and these wizards turned their anger on any wizard who chose to befriend muggles. Here we have the beginnings of wizards thinking they are superior to muggles and muggle borns. Beedle the Bard saw the dangers of what was transpiring and tried to point out that the muggles and wizards were both wrong.

Social commentary? Miles had to look up what time Beedle was actually from, after that, he raised his hand for, possibly the last time.

"Maybe Mr Beedle went to the extremes with his stories, to get the attention of little kids. But maybe, he's just used these to create morals and lessons to kids for when they are older. And, possibly not to divert their views by using propaganda, but to help them show the consequences if you, for example, in the 'The Wizard and the hopping pot', you become bitter and lonely if you don't care for other people. This was shown by the pot becoming ill because the the wizard's son closed his door on other wizards and witches who needed help."

Hmmm. That was a harder questions than the rest and Evangeline considered it for a few moments, forehead creased on concentration. "Well, Sir ... maybe Beedle tragically realised magic couldn't revive his pet as a child, something that led to the end of Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump's tale.." The sixth year said. It sounded pretty possible to her. "And then, older, he realised that magic couldn't create richness, nor cure some illness nor broken hearts, which are - of course - the problems of Asha, Altheda and Amata ... which would also explain why he wrote about young warlock that was afraid of being in love. Maybe Beedle the Bard got his heart broken too." Awwww.

Abby raises her hand. "I think that saying probably predates the Elder Wand in The Three Brothers. The Wand of Destiny was very loyal to the person who possessed it.

"I guess you could say that wizards who possessed The Elder Wand generally didn't live very long prosperous lives, but that was more because of their magical skills than the wand itself. I think the saying [I[Wands of the Elder Never Prosper[/I] had it origns more in wandlore. 'The wand choses its owner.' It is possible that in the past wands were passed from one generation to the next like Neville Longbottom's grandmother insisting he use his father's wand. Neville was neve very good at magic until his father's wand was broken. He then got a wand of his own and his magic improved.

"I think the power of a wand cames from both the wand itself and from the wizard or witch. And that line is phearphs because everyone who owned the wand end up killed." she said raising her hand "the other question. In Wizard and the Hopping Pot or Babbitty Rabbitty maybe he saw this happening with some muggle. The 'Three brothers' if Beedle had more brothers it could be about their personalties."

"I think Kayla's right," Tobi added, with his hand raised, "Historically, It's not harming an Elder Tree, that is to say, using the wood from one that would bring a curse down on a person, legends associated with Elder Wood apart from the old adage, tend to go more of 'Burn it not, or cursed ye be' so it's more not valuing Elder Wood that curses people. Which is probably the problem people who possessed the Elder Wand and never prospered with it had anyway; they thought it was just some awesome dueling tool, and never saw that they could do real good with it. Thus it usually got them killed.

“As for your question relating to social commentary, Beedle the Bard was alive smack in the middle of the Burning Times. And rather than being vengeful about his kind being subjected to witch hunts persecution and torture, he comes up with stories that are ripe with messages of humility and forgiveness.

“In the Wizard and the Hopping Pot, he is careful to not paint Muggles as violent or cruel, but merely as people who need help from time to time, and the wizard is the one who is too quick to judge. This, I think is a cautionary tale of what he feels the future could be if the events of his time were to go unchanged, sadly he was very adept at predicting the future. Fortunately, the wizard sees the error of his ways, but we have not, and we don’t help Muggles with their troubles very much even though we can.

“In the Fountain of Fair Fortune, there is an underlying ironic message that Muggles don’t fear magic if it benefits them, but there is also a very uplifting message concerning value of people before we concern ourselves with the value of their magical abilities or the magical properties of an item they have possessed. This makes me think That Beedle the Bard hid himself as a Muggle among Muggles for a long time and grew to learn these lessons first hand.

“In the Warlock’s Hairy Heart, Beedle wrote of a capable wizard who essentially could not love. In the end it killed him and the woman he tried to love. It’s the antithesis of the Fountain of Fair Fortune. Again, I think that in his life, Beedle the Bard would have witnessed or experienced that all the magic in the world did not buy a person love or happiness. There are some things you cannot simply conjure from thin air.

“In Babbity Rabbity and her Cackling Stump, Beedle didn’t sugar coat the fact that there are Muggles who do persecute wizards and witches. But I also find it interesting that the only person who died in that story was not a real wizard, as was likely the case during the Burning Times. Thousands of innocent Muggles died in the place of our own kind due to mass hysteria. Further to that, when Babbity was nearly caught, she did not exact bloody revenge on the king, she merely scared him into ceasing his hunt. Nor did any wizard or witch get violently involved, for that matter; the story has a mostly peaceful resolution. It’s possible the Beedle the Bard witnessed, even participated in some kind of event where a witch or wizard also scared or tricked a witch hunter into no longer hunting Magical people. And since definitely seemed to be fond of Muggles, the senseless deaths of Muggles in the place of witches and wizards may have been a large factor in the inspiration for this story too.

“The Tale of the Three Brothers has a moral that is least tied to the Burning Times, which gives me the impression that it is a tale he told not for the impression it would make on people but he told for posterity, so the story would live on. Of all of them, it fits with the others the least. It is the shortest, and the narrative doesn’t sound much like the other four either. Because the style differs so much from the others, it might have been told to Beedle the Bard, and Beedle retold it in his stories.”

Barry watched as the professer placed hats on his desks and asked him "Any particular reason why my desk has these hats on them?" he put an emphisis on my. He then glanced to Cela, Copernicus and Plymouth. Cela had such a tough life and Barry couldn`t help because he`d end up being selfish.
He gave her a weak smile before turning his attension to the professer.

"Well sir, I think these stories were made to show that magic isn`t always wonderful and that we don`t need magic. But two of these stories seem to show the benifit of bagic and how it can help us." said Barry quitely. It was a decent answer.

Jane raised her hands.

"Professor, was Beedle the Bard handsome? Cause maybe if he was, maybe he was writing The Warlock's Hairy Heart in reversed roles. Maybe he was the beautiful maiden trying to woo Queen Elizabeth....uhh..were they even from the same time frame, Professor?"Jane was more confused than before.

Joanne raised her hand risking an answer "Maybe he was a really good story teller, like those old mans you see on the street, telling really good stories, stories that they would like to have happened to them... "

Kayla raised her hand after giving some thought to the last question, "I find it interesting that in a time when muggles persecuted witches and wizards foe being able to do magic that Beedle was rather pro-muggle. It sort of makes me think that perhaps Beedle was either a muggleborn or he at least had one muggle parent and if he was neither of those he was an extremely understanding and forgiving person. In the tale of the Hopping Pot and the Fountain of Fair Fortune we see Beedle having magic helping the muggles with their sicknesses and problems. Maybe Beedle himself suffered an illness or perhaps someone close to him did and he was sending a message through his stories that we are all human and even though we may share differences from each other, we should still show kindness to one another and help each other out.

In the Warlock's Hairy Heart, it kind of makes me feel that Beedle either experienced or watched others go through this very same thing. His message to me is that to hide away your heart renders you inhuman. To have your heart makes you feel emotions, love, hate and so forth all normal human reactions, to take it away really just leaves you as an empty shell and what do you have in the end...nothing.

In Babbitty Rabbitty a tale that shows us more muggle persecution, this time however Beedle in his own subtle way puts muggles in their place but not by force. He simply shows that by meddling in things that you do not truly understand will eventually be your downfall.

In the Tale of the Three Brothers, it seems to me that Beedle may have had a near death experience at one point and perhaps brought the writing of this story. To show others that you cannot cheat death twice that death comes for us all in the end but you just may be able to prolong the inevitable a little."

Elizabeth raised her hand again. "I think Kayla's point about Beedle having some sort of actual connection to Muggles makes sense. Especially if you consider the time period he lived in, from another angle. Yes, it was a time where witches and wizards were persecuted, but it also was a time where royalty had a lot of power, in the sense that they were more than just a figurehead ruler over the country. And the fact that Babbity Rabbity dealt with a king who wanted to further cement his status among his followers kind of connects. There was a fear of people who could perform magic, what better way to make people afraid of you back then than to pretend you had that power? And the king wouldn't have to worry about being persecuted so much, because he wouldn't actually be able to do anything if people tried to force him to, like to incriminate himself.

And The Fountain of Fair Fortune could have stemmed from some sort of ancient holiday celebration, if you think about it. I mean, taking the trials and everything out, that's really what it sounds like. or the concept of Muggle baptisms, like, cleansing the soul or whatever."

She paused, keeping her hand raised, and then asked, "Do we know that Beedle actually created these stories, or could he have just been copying down stories he heard orally in order that future generations might know them?" It was an interesting idea, and she knew that was the case sometimes. So she was curious about if that could have happened here.

Abby raises her hand. "I imagine Beedle the Bard lived in a time with both muggle and wizards died with great frequency. In Tales of the Three Brothers he explores a fact that we all have to face. Magic can not keep us from dying at least not good magic. I doubt many wizards back then considered creating Horcruxes to prolonge their lives. The cost is too great the loss of your soul. During the time Beedle the Bard lived, there were many muggle plagues and other illnesses. Muggle and Wizard healining wa not what it is today. Death was something people existed with on a daily basis. It was more a part of their lives then it is with us today. I imagine all of us have had family members and friends die. It is an inevidiable part of living, but it still something that is easily pushed to the background. Back then people lived with death on a daily basis. It was common for muggles to have all their children die before they did, and they looked at death differently. We prefer not to think about death. It's something that's going to happen, but not for years so why worry about it? I imagine there are wizards that hope in time we will be able to conquer death."

Placing his elbow on the desk for a second, and propping his chin up on his hand, Jake though for a minute or two, trying to ignore everyone else's answers, lest he inintentionally became influenced by their ideas. He raised his hand after some thought, that was put into both his answer and the way he could phrase it without sounding like a stammering idiot when he spoke.

"In answer to that question about the superstition," he said. "The saying about the Elder wands... well, I now understand that it could have come about before or after this tale. So, like, the Elder Wand could have been the very reason for it, OR Beedle used it as a basis for writing this story thing. But that's, like, more of an answer to the other part."

Jake thought again and took another breath. "I'm not totally clued up on everything, so I could be really really wrong on this, but..." Thinking agan for the moment, Jake picked up his quill and examined it interestedly. "Well, like I said, the superstition about Elder Wands could have been massive... so he fitted that in to his story? I mean, it's on a totally smaller scale, but still..." Racking his brains for something on a bigger scale, Jake could only think of one other thing right then. "In the Wizard and the Hopping Pot, yeah, it's the whole muggle and wizard relationship culture, isn't it? Or could be... And maybe it was round that sort of time that he wrote it, maybe to show a message to wizards that muggles should treat muggles good, or they'll just get... killed... I dunno..." Yep... the boy had trully lost control of his brain.

"Or, you know, he could have felt like writing a couple of stories..." Jake added hopefully. He never really liked to think about words hiding things or symbolism and meaning all that much. Words were words, not flaming curtains.

Cela raised her hand, "Well, he was born in the early fifteenth century, and most of the notable stuff that happened in that time was quidditch related so maybe he wasn't very sporty? Everyone needs a hobby and Beedle chose a quill instead of a broom." Cela paused, "Maaaaybe he had a timeturner and went forward in time, or he coulda been a seer and he saw how muggle and wizard relations and even relations amongst wizard kind was going to... cause problems? So he stuck a whole bunch of lessons in his stories hoping it might like... warn us."

Anna raised her hand and said, "Well, 'The Wizard and the Hopping Pot' deals a lot with the fact that there are greedy people who wish for more than what they have been granted. These people usually tend to miss out on life's precious gifts, because they are always overlooking these gifts for something they consider bigger and better. Perhaps Beedle once asked a person like the son in the story for help or assistance, but was refused due to a selfish nature. Perhaps this story was Beedle's way of point out the mistakes of that person and teaching him or her---and all of us---what would have been the correct way to react in that situation," she said.

"In the story 'The Warlock's Hairy Heart,' we meet a man who has decided to prevent himself from ever loving again. He does this by removing his own heart and allowed it to become what's known as 'a hairy heart.' I was thinking that perhaps Beedle was once in a similar situation where he refused to allow himself to open his heart up to love someone and then ended up missing out on a great opportunity. While he obviously didn't remove his heart as the man in the story did, he very well could have simply ignored feelings of love in his own life," she said.

"In 'The Fountain of Fair Fortune,' we meet one particular witch, Altheda, who fails to recognize her own true inner strength and abilities. It is only at the end of the story when she acts out of a desperation to save someone's life that she realizes she is capable of so much more than she realizes. Maybe Beedle was once lost as to what to do with his own life, as well, and then came to the realization that he possessed certain talents and abilities that he could build upon and work with," she continued. "You know, a lot of times people wish for things that are quite far out of their league, and then they fail to see the gifts they have been given."

"As for 'Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump,' I think Beedle could have wrote this as a means of warning others about abuses of power. The King wished to control a group of people, and in doing so, he attempted to bestow upon himself gifts that he was never meant to possess. He also tried to trick others into believing something that just wasn't true," she continued. "So maybe Beedle saw a rise in power-hungry individuals, and used this story as his way of warning them about what would come."

"Finally, we have 'The Tale of the Three Brothers.' I definitely think the message Beedle was trying to get across was that selfishness will never get you anywhere in life. He did this by portraying the first two brothers as people who ended up causing their own death by wishing for material possessions that will make them powerful and able to live longer. As a wizard, perhaps Beedle struggled with his own ways of controlling his magical abilities, and he wrote this story as a constant reminder of what would happen if mixing selfish natures with magical abilities was taken too far," she finished.

"Possibly, but that is more personal commentary than social commentary. I like that you are thinking." Ethan nodded.

Truebridge held up one finger, "That we know of."

"Yes, thank you. He was ahead of his time. Good answer." Ethan told the Gryffindor girl.

"Alright, so you believe he might have been inspired by existing stories? I certainly think thats a possibility." Ethan nodded.

"Possibly." Ethan agreed, nodding at the prefect.

"Excellent answer Abby." Ethan nodded, "If that is the case, he was a very observant individual."

"Ah yes, possibly he had the same intention as Bloxam; educating children. Though it seems he didn't believe in the rose tinted glasses approach."

"Maybe, Evangeline." Truebridge nodded, glad the students were thinking.

"I think so too." Ethan nodded.

"Thank you." Truebridge responded, "It is possible that he wrote about things he had seen."

"Excellent insight as usual, Tobi." Truebridge made a little gesture, intending to encourage the others to take notes of the ideas shared by the tall Gryffindor.

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Ethan gave Barry a curious look before nodding at his answer, "That's true, but not quiet what I was asking."

"Not quite the same timeframe." Ethan shook his head, "But I appreciate your line of thought."

"Another excellent answer. He might well have been muggleborn. Certainly there are no records of Purebloods with the name 'Beedle'. Thank you Kayla."

"Very good, Elizabeth. Excellent point about the power of the Monarchy at that time. And a good question. We don't know for sure that he created the stories, or even if there are more stories credited to him that did not survive."

"Good points about Death, Abby." Truebridge nodded.

"Right, Jake. Good ideas." Ethan nodded encouragingly at the boy.

"Thinking outside the square again. Good answer."

"I certainly think those are some of the lessons he was trying to get across with his stories, thank you Anna." Truebridge nodded. "Any one else like to contribute?"

Herminny raised her hand again cause she was starting to think about the Warlocks ZHairy hearyt and what might have provoked Baadle to write a tale like that and she thought it could have been bad relationships but it also could have been much more so she raised her hand and said, " I believe Beedle wrote the Warlocks Hairy Heart cause he probably went through some tough times thinking I would be better off without a heart, but then Beedle probably met the love of his life or someone who could just give his life some meaning. I believe Beedle wrote this tale not to showcase a bad relationship but show that no matter what you go through in life things can get bet better and nothing you or anyone could ever do to you is worth you becoming emotionless and you stop the caring and loving part of life, it shows in his story that anyone who thinks thats a good idea will truly regret it in the end.
Then Herminny took a breath thinking about the Tales of the Three Brothers and raised her hand to say, " I believe Beetle learned about the objects the brothers recieved from the oldest boastful brother who probably talked about all the objects one per brother and this is where the tale got it's inspiration
I believe Beedle came up with the ingenious idea to put death in the mix of all this cause he saw a way to connect the items in this way."

Jude shrugged as his hand went up. "Oi ain' gonna ainswer nun o' dem storeh ques'ions 'cept fer de one about Rabbity Babbity..." he didn't really care if he said it right or not, it'd do, "Oi thoin' tha' Bee'le 'ad been pros... pres... Neh... Persecooted, theh we go... Jus' loike de witches an' wiza'ds froom de storeh. An' tha's wha' made 'im wroite such a storeh, is cuz 'e was pre'y dun' toired o' ge'in 'arrassed boy all de townspeople an' wha'no'..." He thought hard for a moment and then shook his head, "Yeh Oi ain' go' nuthin' else... Wai' mehbey Oi do... Neh... neh Oi dun'..." he finally finished and sat back, fairly pleased with himself, though wishing he could have come up with reasons behind any of the other stories, like the Hopping Pot. I mean, it was his favorite story, and yet he couldn't come up with a theory of why it was written or what Beedle's inspiration was. Sigh.

He raised his hand again, slowly, "A'tually, Oi 'ave a wee li'l oidea be'ind de 'Oppin Po' storeh. Theh's always a li'l chance tha' de who'e storeh was jus' one big dream, tha' 'e wrote down an' mehbey added a few li'l additions 'ere an' theh ta make i' more in'erestin'..." shrugging once more, the small, shaggy-haired boy finally shut up.