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"Tales of Beedle the Bard." K-Lee piped up. She has always loved this book, her favourite story in it being 'The Fountain of Fair Fortune'. Her worn copy at home was falling apart, mostly due to her youngest sister, Maya who was 6, becoming obsessed with it. Beedle the Bard was the only book that Maya would read, and after breaking her own copy, K-Lee had to give Maya her own.

But why were they reading a fairytale book in class?

Lexi bounced slightly in her seat near Salander and raised her hand, "That's the Tales of Beedle the Bard, Professor. I like Babbity Rabbity and Her Cackling Stump." Lex had always loved the Beedle's Tales as a kid. She knew that there had been many translations done from Rune to English and that Former Headmaster Dumbledore himself had given notes on the book. Sighs. Hoistory of Magic was always her fave.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10203117)

Kurumi took another nervous glance at the book and saw the scary looking skull on it. What book did she think it was? Something to do with death by the looks of it. She turned her head to look at the Ravenclaw girl who had been overly excited about storytime. Storytime...with death? Not that certainly did not sound like much fun...

"Professor, it looks like a book related to death..." she said glancing at the scary looking cover again.

"I really wouldn't say it's completely related to death. I'm sure the skulls on it don't help either, but by no means is it a bad or dark book."

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Originally Posted by BillyR (Post 10203119)

Cass looks at the book from where he is sitting for a moment before saying, "I think it is a wizard's story book, given the cushions and set up in the classroom. But Other than that I am not sure, I have not see it before or at least don't think I have, Ma'am."

Still a story in History of Magic, this should be interesting... He hopes.

"Very right. Cass, it is a wizard's story book. I'm sure many of your classmates are familiar with it."

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Originally Posted by Roselyn (Post 10203126)

Hmm, and she had just gotten comfortable to, and juuuuuuust about to close her eyes as Professor 'I don't like to sleep' announced for everyone to wake up. Or for others to wake up others...either way, people had to be awake.

Sighing, Evelyn sat up slightly, leaning against her elbows as she crossed her ankles and listened to the question. That book? Hmm, looked familiar. Maybe. Who knows. Cookie girl's answer was much more amusing, and that other kid was right about the setting they had going on at the moment. Comfy cushions, book in the Professor's hands, evil death looking designs...

"Could only mean that it is a story book then." she smiled, glancing over to Cookie girl and that other Gryffindor who had answered before her before looking back to the Professor. "Filled with stories of...misfortune."

Death was such a strong word.

"Yes, misfortune can be found in this book as well. But don't let that deter you from what you might learn from inside it."

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Originally Posted by RachieRu (Post 10203134)

That book...didn't look very welcoming. With a skull on the front. Oh. That was not a book that looked very friendly not at all. And Finn didn't really have any idea what it was. But he really didn't read that much, so it wasn't that surprising really. "It...doesnt like a very friendly book." He commented, not really knowing what it was. Although others thought it was the first copy of beedle the bard. Mmm. Those stories were quite nice though...but the book looked so mean. Oh dear. Something didn't seem right.

Glancing at the cover briefly, she nodded. "Looks can be rather deceiving though. One shouldn't always judge a book by it's cover or a person by what they look like."

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Originally Posted by Walrus (Post 10203582)

Jacob gave a large, over exaggerated yawn.

Stories weren't his thing, but this book actually looked interesting. Actually it looked alot like the Blunt Family Record Book... all his families history laid in that book. How did Professor Welton get it, Jacob had no idea. Maybe she would explain were his Magic actually came from.

But when Jacob took a closer look, he saw that there were less gems on the book, so it obviously wasn't his family's book... "An old, Creepy looking one" Maybe it had the history of death, and weird things like that.

"Old, yes. But I don't think it so creepy."

SPOILER!!: My little smarties ♥

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Originally Posted by Dianna Malfoy (Post 10203127)

Dianna immediately raised her hand. And then lowered it a little, uncertain.

"Is it the Tales of Beedle the... the.." uh-oh, she remembered her father browsing it before. "Lard? Hard? Fard? Bard?" she guessed. Or was it just a story book about skulls and as one of her classmates have said..death? Maybe it was Gard and not Bard.. Grr.. History is so hard!

Hey, that rhymes.

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Originally Posted by Hera (Post 10203130)

Emily's hand shot up into the air... "Professor, is that an original first edition copy of Beedle the Bard?" she asked curiously, trying to get a good look at it.
Emily seemed to remember seeing a similar book in her fathers library.

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Originally Posted by ClaireBlack (Post 10203139)

Claire looked at the book the Professor was holding, she knew what it was, her mum used to read from it to her when she was younger.
"It's the Tales of Beedle the Bard" she answered, glancing at Emily besides her.

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict (Post 10203152)

"Hey that's the Tales of the Beedle the Bard. My Aunt Jennette has an obsession with the tale of the three brothers. I'm pretty sure she has a picture of that book in her study."

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Originally Posted by PattyH. (Post 10203203)

Sliding onto a luffy cushion, after having said a quick Good Morning to the Professor, Patroclus did an absentminded sweep of the class room with his eyes, trying to count the amount of Lions present; there was a pretty good turn out!

However as Welton began to speak, the prefect turned his attention to her, "Professor that is one of the very rare original 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard'" The boy had seen one like it before, and was also very familiar with the sotries that were held within it's pages!

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Originally Posted by HaRoHeGiNeLu (Post 10203285)

"Fountain of Fair Fortune." For sure. It was Ellie's favorite! And she never got to read it anymore because she always had to read to Aidan and he said that it was 'girly'. Of course, his favorite was The Warlock's Hairy Heart. ICKY. Meh.

.....

Mannnn. Look at everyone stealing her thunder. Not cool.

POUT.

But she supposed Welton already knew that she knew what it was? Because of her last question to her? Yeah? "It's Totally Beedle the Bard." She'll give an answer anyway. But it totally was.

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Originally Posted by nogoodforyou (Post 10203306)

Helena looked more careful at the book professor Welton was holding. She recognized that one! Her hand instantly shot up in the air. "Is that... a very old version of Tales of Beedle the Bard?"

Oooh this lesson was going to be interesting if they were going to discuss about those tales! They were Helena's favourite.

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Originally Posted by Zoerawrr (Post 10203314)

Jake knew this one. He sat back in his chair from the back of the room and leeeeeeeeeeeeaned back on its legs so the top of the chair hit the wall gently, and raised his hand. "Beedle the Bard... clearly," he pointed out. And it was 'clearly' because SO MANY PEOPLE had said it... so of course it was. "I remember when Truebridge told us about it. That's when I really heard about it properly."

First year... how he missed it.

Heavy siiiiiiiiiiiigh.

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana (Post 10203334)

Just as Sierra sat down on a nice, cushioned pillow, she happened to glance back up and catch the eye of Miss Super Happy Storytime Girl. The girl was smiling at her--no beaming at her, which only made Sierra even more suspicious of her! Just what was she up to, hmm?!

The sound of her name drew her attention away from the Ravenclaw girl, and so Sierra turned back to the professor with a small smile. Oh, a book? Hmm, Sierra couldn't exactly see what was in the woman's hands from here.

Why had she opted to sit on a pillow again?!

Oh, right...Evelyn. Sierra craned her neck until she could get a pretty good view of the book. Easy question--she'd been familiar with that book since she was a toddler! "It's 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard', Professor," she said, her hand in the air.

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Originally Posted by hpfan18 (Post 10203476)

"Hello Professor!" she said as she was sitting in the second row, Then she saw the book and knew what it was in an instant. "That is the book of the tales of beetle and the bard!" she gasped.She never thought she would see that book in her life. Her grandparents always talked about it.

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Originally Posted by TeamHermioneGranger (Post 10203492)

'Hello, Professor Welton,' Maddie said politely as she headed for a seat on the second row. History of Magic was not one of her favourite subjects, but nevertheless it had to be learnt, so learn it she would. Sitting down, she looked around for anyone she knew. So far, no one.

She put her hand up. 'Is it 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard, professor?' she asked. She had a copy at home, so she ought to know what it looked like.

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Originally Posted by Steelsheen (Post 10203606)

Perched on the desk against the wall much like he was last term, Salander shrugged at the Professor's question. It was a cool-looking book, but thats the most he knew about it. Then the class started saying its title. "Whoah! Thats the Beedle Bard book?" Now that he knew. "Its the storybook that tells of the three brothers who owned the Deathly Hallows." His favorite story, for obvious reasons.

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Originally Posted by Pinky (Post 10203821)

"Two points to all of you. Yes, it is The Tales of Beedle the Bard. An old rare version, but not an original version I'm afraid."

To get her hands on an original would be amazing, but she would make due with the version she had. It wasn't something to sneeze at either.

"As a child, I used to hear a tale from this book almost every night and I'm sure most of you remember hearing tales from it as well. There are many versions that have been translated and different covers and what not, but what we find inside is the same. A few of you have mentioned a few of the tales inside. Can you name the others?"

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Originally Posted by DH Vixen (Post 10203959)

Selina smiled when she was awarded two points. Score! Then the teacher asked if anyone knew any other stories in the book. Her hand shot up and she said, "Oh, Professor? My favorite one when I was younger was The Fountain of Fair Fortune. It's about these three witches looking for a fountain to solve all of their problems. They go on this journey and in the end they realize that they never needed the fountain at all. They had the power in them. It's a really powerful story."

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Originally Posted by DH Vixen (Post 10203959)

Of course she could name a few others--she could name all of them and could likely recite most of the stories by heart, too! Surely all of the students could do the same, right?! After all, Sierra couldn't imagine any child not being read those stories.

"The Fountain of Fair Fortune?" she suggested, her hand in the air.

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Originally Posted by DH Vixen (Post 10203959)

Whatever. Once the girl had gotten some food, she'd probably perk up. Hopefully. Because no one liked a Debbie Downer.

SIGH.

Ellie felt it was her honorary duty as the only one AWAKE this morning to fully answer the question. And do so in a non lazy way. Cuz just because there were pillows and a story, didn't make it nap time. "There's..." she began counting off her fingers, "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot," UGH, Another one of Aidan's favorites, "Babbity Rabbity, Fountain of Fair Fortune, Hairy Heart," cue nose-wrinkle, "Tale of Three Brothers." That one was quite interesting, actually.

Now, about those treats...

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Originally Posted by DH Vixen (Post 10203959)

"I really wouldn't say it's completely related to death. I'm sure the skulls on it don't help either, but by no means is it a bad or dark book."

"Very right. Cass, it is a wizard's story book. I'm sure many of your classmates are familiar with it."

"Yes, misfortune can be found in this book as well. But don't let that deter you from what you might learn from inside it."
Glancing at the cover briefly, she nodded. "Looks can be rather deceiving though. One shouldn't always judge a book by it's cover or a person by what they look like."

"Old, yes. But I don't think it so creepy."

SPOILER!!: My little smarties ♥

"Ma'am are the like esops fable where they have a moral at the end, or just fariy tales and you have to make your own conclusions" he never had a parent to read him a bed time story ...unless his mom had befor .... looking at the book Mikey's eyes start to water.Wipeing his eyes quickly befor any one saw.

OOOH! He knew that book... sort of. Jacob slowly raised his hand. "There was Grumble the Grubby Goat. I think" he lowered his hand again. maybe he was wrong, but he liked that stinky goat... he could relate to it.

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Originally Posted by DH Vixen (Post 10203959)

"As a child, I used to hear a tale from this book almost every night and I'm sure most of you remember hearing tales from it as well. There are many versions that have been translated and different covers and what not, but what we find inside is the same. A few of you have mentioned a few of the tales inside. Can you name the others?"

Vashti hadn't had the stories read to her as a child, but she'd read them once she got to Hogwarts. And she had a hard time picking a favorite because they were all really interesting, but one of the ones she'd read the most was... "There's 'The Tale of the Three Brothers,'" she answered after raising her hand.

Well... seemed pointless to try to offer up anything else seeing as that Ravenclaw just shouted out each story in the blasted book. Sheesh. Way to give people a chance. Lexi curled her lip slightly and began to pick at her fingernail polish distractedly.

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Originally Posted by DH Vixen (Post 10203959)

Well Salander doesnt really know much about the tales given that he was raised as a muggle until he was 13, and the Deathly Hallows he had learned mostly because it was related to Harry Potter's stories. But there was one he heard from half blubbered tales of incoherent classmates from his past schools "Theres a story of a Prince or Lord or something, who had no heart in his chest, his real heart he kept in a box in the dungeons. And because that heart grew hairs and was really disgusting he tried to cut open his girlfriend's chest to take her heart instead." Suffice it to say that story fueled some pretty wild jokes that probably had little to do with the lesson of the original source.

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Originally Posted by DH Vixen (Post 10203959)

"I really wouldn't say it's completely related to death. I'm sure the skulls on it don't help either, but by no means is it a bad or dark book."

"Two points to all of you. Yes, it is The Tales of Beedle the Bard. An old rare version, but not an original version I'm afraid."

To get her hands on an original would be amazing, but she would make due with the version she had. It wasn't something to sneeze at either.

"As a child, I used to hear a tale from this book almost every night and I'm sure most of you remember hearing tales from it as well. There are many versions that have been translated and different covers and what not, but what we find inside is the same. A few of you have mentioned a few of the tales inside. Can you name the others?"

Well, that was a relief. Kurumi was beginning to worry that they were going to learn about the Dark Arts in depth…and the Professor had something right. The skull on it certainly made it look scary and evil.

For the first time in a while, Kurumi felt utterly lost. She had never been read these stories growing up. Not to mention she still had the image of a giant cockroach playing the flute as he frolicked around telling stories. “P-Professor?” Kurumi said timidly raising her hand. “Can these stories be compared to those written by Hans Cristian Anderson or the Brothers Grimm? Those are the stories I grew up listening to.”

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Originally Posted by Steelsheen (Post 10204038)

Lounging back on Evelyn's pillows, Mia was almost dozing off as the students named some of the stories in 'Beedle the Bard.' But it was Salander's answer that made her burst out laughing.

"Oops sorry Professor." She said raising her hand in the air. "I think the story that Salander is referring to, is the 'The Warlock's Hairy Heart.'" She looked over at the Slytherin and chuckled again.

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Originally Posted by DH Vixen (Post 10203959)

SPOILER!!: My little smarties ♥

Emmy put her hand up - although muggleborn, she had purchased a copy of that very book not long ago...
"There's The Warlock's Hairy Heart, and Babbity Rabbity and Her Cackling Stump, and... Oh! The Wizard and The Hopping Pot professor!" She finished happily - at least she'd got one right...

Emily raised her hand, she wasn't sure if anyone had mentioned it yet, but she figured it wouldn't hurt to repeat it.
"The wizard and the hopping pot."

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Originally Posted by DH Vixen (Post 10203959)

Christopher shyly raised his hand in the air. Coming from Muggle parents, he had never read all of these tales, but he'd read about many of them and found them..... interesting. "Well, there's Babbity Rabbity and Her Cackling Stump, The Wizard and the Hopping Pot, The Tale of the Three Brothers, The Fountain of Fair Fortune, and The Warlock's Hairy Heart, I believe."

Gee, he hoped those were right. Sometimes he wished they could be asked questions about fairytales he knew, like The Three Little Pigs, or Cinderella or something. But that was what Muggle Studies was for. Sigh.

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Originally Posted by DH Vixen (Post 10203959)

"Ah. The copy my mother has is a Japanese translation so I did not recognize the book, though I am sure this is an older copy than the one we have at home. I wonder how he stories will be..." Cass is actually interested now and it shows, he grew up on the Japanese versions as well as several English and Japanese muggle tails. "The three brothers and The Wizard and the Hopping Pot or two of my favorites.

Cass thinks that sometime, sometimes, being a half blood is good.

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Originally Posted by DH Vixen (Post 10203959)

Oooh Helena was definitely going to like this lesson!

Her hand shot in the air one more time. "Well there's The Wizard and the Hopping Pot, The Fountain of Fair Fortune, The Warlock's Hairy Heart, Babbitty Rabbitty and her Crackling Stump, and my favourite, The Tale of the Three Brothers." She loooved those tales. Hehe.

Seriously, she got it right. They were reading fairytales. Score! Grinning, K-Lee spoke up. "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot, The Fountain of Fair Fortune, The Warlocks Hairy Heart, Babbity Rabbity and her Cackling Stump and The Tale of the Three Brothers. My favourite was always The Fountain of Fair Fortune." K-Lee said, smiling as she remembered her old copy of the book.

K-Lee couldn't wait for storytime to start!

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Originally Posted by DH Vixen (Post 10203959)

Luin listened as the teacher said they were going to be talking about The Tales of Beedle the Bard. She thought about the stories that she used to be read, she did especially love Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump. She smiled, remembering when her mom would read that to her. She then looked up and raised her hand, "There was the Warlock's Hairy Heart."

Kyle had been quiet most of the lesson, finally spoke up "Well two more are The Warlock's Hairy Heart and The Tale of the Three Brothers which some presume to be about the Peverell brothers. And some of those believers believe that Harry Potter is a part of that family line, the Peverell line that is.. She smiled, trying at-least to do a better job in classes this term than others.

Sitting with much comfort, Elle raised her hand and answered, "Some tales I know, Professor are 'The Tale of the Three Brothers', 'The Wizard and the Hopping Pot' and 'The Warlock's Hairy Heart' -- which my Mum loved sharing with me before I went to bed until I grew" she cleared her throat "much older," sharing her experience with the class.

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Originally Posted by DH Vixen (Post 10203959)

Cass looked up from the doodles that she had been idly drawing when she heard the professor, along with many of her other classmates mention Tale of Beedle the Bard. Then she raised her hand and answered.

"Well, my most favorite was The Wizard and the Hopping Pot and the one that made.....the most impact on me was the Warlock's hairy heart"

The first story was amusing, but a bit scary how muggles forced the poor wizard to heal their children, while the second one was just plain gross

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Originally Posted by DH Vixen (Post 10203959)

Maddie smiled. Her first points of the year! That must sound awful, but it wasn't her fault. She had only arrived two days ago, after all. Now... back to the lesson. Which stories were in it? She ought to know that, her father had read it to her every night until she was six or seven. She racked her brain for minute or two, and then put her hand up. 'There's, um, Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump, The Fountain of Fair Fortune, Grumble the Grubby Goat, The Tale of the Three Brothers, The Warlock's Hairy Heart and The Wizard and the Hopping Pot, Professor.' she said. She knew that wasn't all of them, but it would probably do. 'My favourite was always The Wizard and the Hopping Pot,' she added with a smile.

Fee thought of some other fairytales that were in the book.When she was little the girl had loooved to hear thos stpries from her mother."What about The Wizard and the Hopping Pot or The Warlock’s Hairy Heart, professor?"Babbity had always been her fave but the student before her had already mentioned it.