“我——我没有看见你，先生。”

“真奇怪，隐形以后你居然还变得近视了。”邓布利多说。哈利看到他脸上带着微笑，不由地松了口气。

“这么说，”邓布利多说着，从桌子上滑下来，和哈利一起坐到地板上，“你和你之前的千百个人一样，已经发现了厄里斯魔镜的乐趣。”

“我不知道它叫这个名字，先生。”

“不过我猜想你现在已经知道它的魔力了吧?”

“它——哦——使我看到我的家人——”

“还使你的朋友罗恩看到自己变成了男生学生会主席。”

“你怎么知道——”

“我可不是非要隐形衣才能隐形。”邓布利多温和地说，“那么，你能不能想一想，厄里斯魔镜使我们大家看到了什么呢?”

哈利摇了摇头。

“让我解释一下吧。世界上最幸福的人可以把厄里斯魔镜当成普通的镜子使用，也就是说，他在镜子里看见的就是他自己的模样。明白点什么了吗?”

哈利在思考。然后他慢慢地说：“镜子使我们看到我们想要的东西……不管我们想要什么……”

“也对，也不对，”邓布利多轻轻地说，“它使我们看到的只是我们内心深处最追切、最强烈的渴望。你从未见过你的家人，所以就看见他们站在你的周围。罗恩·韦斯莱一直在他的几个哥哥面前相形见绌，所以他看见自己独自站着，是他们中间最出色的。然而，这面镜子既不能教给我们知识，也不能告诉我们实情。人们在它面前虚度时日，为他们所看见的东西而痴迷，甚至被逼得发疯，因为他们不知道镜子里的一切是否真实，是否可能实现。”

“明天镜子就要搬到一个新的地方了，哈利，我请你不要再去找它了。如果你哪天碰巧看见它，你要有心理准备。沉湎于虚幻的梦想，而忘记现实的生活，这是毫无益处的，千万记住。好了；为什么不穿上那件奇妙无比的隐形衣回去睡觉呢?”

哈利站了起来。

“先生——邓布利多教授?我可以问你一句话吗?”

“那还用说，你刚才就这么做了。”邓布利多笑了，“不过，你还可以再问我一个问题。”

“你照魔镜的时候，看见了什么?”

“我?我看见自己拿着一双厚厚的羊毛袜。”

哈利睁大了眼睛。

“袜子永远不够穿，”邓布利多说，“圣诞节来了又去，我一双袜子也没有收到。人们坚持要送书给我。”

哈利直到回到床上以后，才突然想到邓布利多也许并没有说实话。可是，当他推开枕头上的斑斑时，又想：那是一个涉及隐私的问题啊。

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That third night he found his way more quickly than before. He was walking so fast he knew he was making more noise than was wise, but he didn’t meet anyone.

And there were his mother and father smiling at him again, and one of his grandfathers nodding happily. Harry sank down to sit on the floor in front of the mirror. There was nothing to stop him from staying here all night with his family. Nothing at all.

Except —

“So — back again, Harry?”

Harry felt as though his insides had turned to ice. He looked be-hind him. Sitting on one of the desks by the wall was none other than Albus Dumbledore. Harry must have walked straight past him, so desperate to get to the mirror he hadn’t noticed him.

“I — I didn’t see you, sir.”

“Strange how nearsighted being invisible can make you,” said Dumbledore, and Harry was relieved to see that he was smiling.

“So,” said Dumbledore, slipping off the desk to sit on the floor with Harry, “you, like hundreds before you, have discovered the delights of the Mirror of Erised.”

“I didn’t know it was called that, sir.”

“But I expect you’ve realized by now what it does?” “It — well — it shows me my family —”

“And it showed your friend Ron himself as Head Boy.” “How did you know — ?”

“I don’t need a cloak to become invisible,” said Dumbledore gently. “Now, can you think what the Mirror of Erised shows us all?”

Harry shook his head.

“Let me explain. The happiest man on earth would be able to use the Mirror of Erised like a normal mirror, that is, he would look into it and see himself exactly as he is. Does that help?”

Harry thought. Then he said slowly, “It shows us what we want . . . whatever we want . . .”

“Yes and no,” said Dumbledore quietly. “It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts. You, who have never known your family, see them standing around you. Ronald Weasley, who has always been overshadowed by his brothers, sees himself standing alone, the best of all of them. How-ever, this mirror will give us neither knowledge or truth. Men have wasted away before it, entranced by what they have seen, or been driven mad, not knowing if what it shows is real or even possible.

“The Mirror will be moved to a new home tomorrow, Harry,and I ask you not to go looking for it again. If you ever do run across it, you will now be prepared. It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that. Now, why don’t you put that admirable cloak back on and get off to bed?”

Harry stood up.

“Sir — Professor Dumbledore? Can I ask you something?” “Obviously, you’ve just done so,” Dumbledore smiled. “You mayask me one more thing, however.”

“What do you see when you look in the mirror?”

“I? I see myself holding a pair of thick, woolen socks.” Harry stared.

“One can never have enough socks,” said Dumbledore. “An-other Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.”

It was only when he was back in bed that it struck Harry that Dumbledore might not have been quite truthful. But then, he thought, as he shoved Scabbers off his pillow, it had been quite a personal question.

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小编碎碎念

《哈利波特与魔法石》是JK罗琳所著的“哈利波特”系列第一部，小可怜哈利·波特在他的姨妈家被虐待了11年，霍格沃茨魔法学校派猫头鹰送信的地址是“女贞路4号 楼梯下的碗柜 哈利波特先生收”。然而，小哈利依旧阳光乐观。在这本书中，亮点很多，上述节选则是个人认为最出彩的片段。

厄里斯魔镜“Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi”在镜子里，小哈利看到了他的父母在冲他微笑，他的爷爷不住地点头，一切看起来那么美好，对小哈利来说，这个圣诞节是他经历过最美好的圣诞节。然而，他的父母早在11年前就死了。

“I show not your face but your hearts desire”那面镜子是能照出人内心强烈欲望的镜子，虚幻的、不真实的。再一次提醒哈利，他的父母死了，为了保护他，死在伏地魔的魔杖下。

现实总是残忍，眼见不一定为实这里没有无脑的个人英雄主义，也没有强到逆天的金手指、主角光环。只有一个平凡的、不 能说幸福的小巫师，在磨难中成长，在苦涩中蜕变。返回搜狐，查看更多