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As happens every time you go to see a new book of JK Rowling, the details are filtered out in dribs and drabs. Since the beginning of the year we know that The Tales of Beedle the Bard, his first book after the Harry Potter series, published in December 2008. Now, little by little is known about the plot details of the five stories in it.
The stories that comprise it are a fiction within the fiction. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is already talk of this book with fairy tales. Even appeared on the last, entitled “The story of three brothers. ” The volume is completed by four other tales illustrated by the author. The edition is expected to have a curious addition: notes and comments of Professor Dumbledore. The first story is entitled “The Wizard and jumping the cauldron. ”
In it, an old wizard lets you as the only legacy to his son the cauldron in which he prepared his potions and, inside, a mysterious shoe. The second story is “The Fountain of Fair Fortune”, in which three witches and a gentleman seeking picturesque track that guarantees a source of good luck. “The Sorcerer’s hairy heart” is, apparently, the most bleak. The protagonist is a young and handsome wizard who uses the dark arts to avoid the pitfalls that bring crushes. “Babbity Rabbity and her Cackling Stump” complete the new series.