【场景再现】
一次偶然的机会,小哈里波特发现了魔镜,他能在镜子里看到自己素未谋面的爸爸妈妈。于是,每到夜深人静,他几次穿着爸爸留给他的隐身衣,躲过门卫的检查,来到魔镜前。这天,他遇到了校长邓不利多,邓不利多开导他说,要远离耽于幻想的魔镜,要现实地生活……
D: I see that you, like many before you, have discovered the delights of the Mirror of Erised. I trust by now you realize what it does. Let me give you a clue. The happiest man on earth would look in the mirror and see only himself, exactly as he is.
H: So then, it shows us what we want, whatever we want.
D: Yes, and no. It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest and most desperate desires of our hearts. Now you, Harry, who have never known your family, you see them standing beside you. But remember this, Harry, This mirror gives us neither knowledge or truth. Men have wasted away in front of it. Even gone mad. This is why tomorrow it will be moved to a new house. And I must ask you not to go looking for it again. It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.