Four further stories await: 'The Fountain of Fair Fortune', 'The Warlock's Hairy Heart', 'The Wizard and the Hopping Pot', and 'Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump'. Indeed, inside readers will discover the compelling 'Tale of Three Brothers', a grim fable that holds the secret of the Deathly Hallows. In turn, mysterious and mischievous, dark and delightful, these fairy tales abound with spine-tingling allusions to the Harry Potter stories – playing a pivotal role in Harry's epic quest to defeat Lord Voldemort. Rowling, and notes by Hogwarts Headmaster, Professor Albus Dumbledore. This collector's edition features intricate illustrations by the author, J.K. (4)My response prompted several further letters from Mr Malfoy, but as they consisted mainly of opprobrious remarks on my sanity, parentage and hygiene, their relevance to this commentary is remote.A spellbinding companion to the Harry Potter books, The Tales of Beedle the Bard contains five magical fairy stories from the wizarding world, each more bewitching than the last. This exchange marked the beginning of Mr Malfoy's long campaign to have me removed from my post as Headmaster of Hogwarts, and of mine to have him removed from his position as Lord Voldemort's Favourite Death Eater. There is not a witch or wizard in existence whose blood has not mingled with that of Muggles, and I should therefore consider it both illogical and immoral to remove works dealing with the subject from our students' store of knowledge.(4)
They then attempt to foist their hypocrisy upon the rest of us by asking us to ban works dealing with the truths they deny. So-called pure-blood families maintain their alleged purity by disowning, banishing or lying about Muggles or Muggle-borns on their family trees. I wrote back to Mr Malfoy, explaining my decision: “My refusal to remove the book from the library was backed by a majority of the Board of Governors.
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