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Voldemort and his gang
Jul. 28th, 2007 03:03 pmLeading up to the release of A Certain Book last week, the local paper had a competition going for primary school (aged about 5-11) children to write what they thought would be the final paragraphs.* The winners were published today. Fascinating stuff, if only because it revealed that many children aren't at all familiar with the concept of "the end"; many entries finished with Harry striding** off while vowing to kill Voldemort. That's not a proper ending, kids! Anyway, the big winner was quite a dull one in which Voldemort made Harry disappear, but these are some of my favourites from the runners-up:
( In which there are bears and troules and Voldemort being amusingly evil )
* An idea that should be taken up for the release of other books as well, I think. Imagine the kiddies having a go at writing the end of the next, I don't know, AS Byatt tome.
** He does an awful lot of striding, according to these children. From this (admittedly small) sample, it seems that striding, dying and kissing Hermione were the things children were expecting Harry to do in DH.
( In which there are bears and troules and Voldemort being amusingly evil )
* An idea that should be taken up for the release of other books as well, I think. Imagine the kiddies having a go at writing the end of the next, I don't know, AS Byatt tome.
** He does an awful lot of striding, according to these children. From this (admittedly small) sample, it seems that striding, dying and kissing Hermione were the things children were expecting Harry to do in DH.