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...Chapter 7 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Hermione is presented with a copy of a book called The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which Professor Dumbledore left her in his will. (Yes, he's dead. Sorry. Spoiler alert.) Because Hermione, like Harry, grew up in a Muggle family, she's never heard of the Tales, which are decribed as Aesop-like children's stories to be read to little wizarding kids. "Oh come on!" Ron says - he can't quite believe it. "All the old kids' stories are supposed to be Beedle's, aren't they? 'The Fountain...
...plus "The Tale of the Three Brothers" (which already appeared in full in Deathly Hallows) and "The Warlock's Hairy Heart." Beedle joins Quidditch Through the Ages, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and, basically, all the movies as one of the minor but undeniable pleasures of the Potter canon. It's a book of meta-fairy tales - fairy tales for people who already live in a fairy-tale world where dragons and goblins are real. (Read "Why Harry Potter Rules...
...gotten hairy. Rowling doesn't tell us the why of the hair, and no plot points turn on it; it's just there - one of those creepy, evocative details that participate in a logic deeper and stranger than that of plot and moral. (See pictures of Harry Potter's fans around the world...
...Tales of Beedle the Bard They made a coy cameo in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and now here they are in full: five funny fairy tales of magic and Muggles, annotated by one Albus Dumbledore. The $100 collector's edition is a splurge, but all profits go to J.K. Rowling's children's charity...