I am reading Harry Potter (and the Philosopher's Stone) in German. I'm understanding more and more of it, but it's still very challenging. I have the English book open at the same time to translate, often on a sentence-by-sentence basis. It's really enjoyable, but a very slow process. Actually, I started in November of 2007 when I got home from Germany the first time. (Yes, I fell off a few times. Obvi, I hope.)
I came to the harsh realization yesterday, that I think I might be in Hufflepuff. If you are as big a (dork) Harry Potter fan as I am, you know everyone wants to be in Gryffindor. Let me know what you think (but don't say Slytherin).
Gryffindor: brave at heart, daring, nerve and chivalry.
Hufflepuff: just, loyal, patient, true, unafraid of toil.
Ravenclaw: bookish.
Slytherin: bad guy/girl.
Hopefully it's obvious which two I am paraphrasing. Maybe I'm wrong…but Hufflepuff? At least in the movies, no one wants to be in Hufflepuff. Before I re-read the criteria, I would have described Hufflepuffs as "nice". Or even, "nice, but a little slow". "Nice" seems like one of those words you use to describe someone you don't know very well. On the bright side, I think Cedric Diggory may have been in Hufflepuff (although on the other hand, if it's true, look where it got him).
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