I have always been cursed with a very, shall we say, weak constitution. I've gotten carsick on the way to the post office before - and that's four blocks away. So I think I know just what Hagrid is going through when he boards that cart with Harry, and I'm guessing that he dreads having to make the trip to Gringotts whenever the need arises. I wouldn't want to go on that roller coaster either...
Unhinging Hagrid
Hagrid could handle a blast-ended skrewt -
Actually thought that the buggers were cute.
He never worried about getting germs
While he was digging for fresh flobberworms.
Norbert the dragon had lived in his hut.
He'd gently coddled a three-headed mutt.
Hagrid was puzzled by others' alarm,
Wondering why no one else saw their charm.
Big, hairy spiders excited to eat
Wandering students? He thought they were sweet.
No living creature, no matter how grim,
Bothered, befuddled or terrified him.
Yet Hagrid shivered as he slowly neared
Gringotts, for this place held something he feared.
No sword-like teeth and no fiery breath
Made Hagrid's face turn the color of death.
No killer claws haunted him as he stopped,
Clutching his stomach, which fluttered and flopped.
No spiky spine and no peaked pinchers loomed.
Still, Hagrid walked like a man who was doomed.
Once in the bank, as he silently shook,
Poor Hagrid followed the goblin Griphook,
Dreading the journey he knew would soon start.
Hagrid, unhinged by a rickety cart.
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Who would have thought that Griphook and Gringotts would end up playing such an important role? "You'd be a fool to try to rob it..." :-) or whatever the quote is. Gotta love all the foreshadowing going on even in those very early chapters of PS!
I used to love roller coasters -- but I think I have aged too much to find them so invigorating now. I am betting there will be a wild Gringotts ride at the planned Harry Potter theme park. Seems too good to miss!
Ooh, you're right, I bet they will have one! That would be a lot of fun - but I suspect if I gave it a shot I'd leave my stomach at the gate... :-P I watched another episode of Columbo tonight, and he seems to get woozy about every other episode; I don't think he'd much fancy a trip through Gringotts - though what a great place for uncovering mysteries!
It really was fun to see Griphook again, even if he was a bit of a grouch. Pretty cool how she managed to work in so many characters from past books... And that is a great line, pulling double foreshadowing duty! :)
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