Private Message to Harry Marvolo

[alt_padma]

Hey, Marvolo,

Will you be willing to give me and Parvati some Parseltongue lessons?

Actually, everyone's expected us to be really annoyed about being Nagini, but I talked to Karoline and she said there's quite a lot to being the snake. For one thing, she's on stage whenever the Lord Protector is, which is quite a lot, and there's to be very complicated fighting. And there's the whole bit where we get to kill Weasley at the end, which you have to admit is pretty satisfying.

Anyway, she also asked me to understudy Bradley as Mr Thicknesse, so that'll be all right.

But we'd love to make the snake as realistic as we can! Are you up to showing us a few phrases?

Comments

[alt_harry]

Sure, I guess. I'm not very good at it. Maybe you'll be better. You can practise on Snake.

[alt_padma]

Oh, go along, I'm sure you're fine. It's brilliant you're offering Snake to practice.

Anyway, we only need a few phrases - and we don't need to really be able to talk to them, but I think it would be utterly snitch to make it sound at least a little authentic.

[alt_harry]

Well I really don't understand why nobody else ever learns it. It seems like it could be dead useful for lots of people. I mean it's really hard. But so is Arithmancy.

What kinds of phrases do you think? Nagini doesn't really say very much to me. She doesn't have a thing she says all the time. She just talks every once in a while.