The Tale of Beedle the Bard, Standard Edition

'You’ve never heard of The Tales of Beedle the Bard?’ asked Ron disbelievingly. 'You’re kidding, right? The Tales of Beedle the Bard has been mentioned in the final book of the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It is a fairy tale book which the wizard children have grown up on. However Hermione and Harry being from muggle background had never heard of it.

The book played an important role in supporting Harry along with his friends Ron and Hermione, to overpower the Dark Lord Voldemort. The story is a fairytale of sorts which depicts the flexibility range of the author.

There are 5 tales in this book:

1. The Tale of the Three Brothers (narrated in the Deathly Hallows edition)

2. The Fountain of Fair Fortune

3. The Warlock’s Hairy Heart

4. The Wizard and the Hopping Pot and

5. Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump

Each tale has an individual magic attached to it and brings in amusement, laughter and the excitement of worldly hazards. In the book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Professor Albus Dumbledore left the original edition of this book of tales to Hermione Granger in his will. Some of Professor Albus Dumbledore’s notes are also encompassed into the tales.