Harry has to guess which knight has the Ice Potion. Harry solves the riddle by watching the 6 containers move, and must select the one that has the correct potion Harry goes through the black flames, the purple flames disappear. The player must click on the right potion. Hermione solves the riddle Harry goes through the black flames, Hermione goes through the purple flames to go get help as there is only enough potion for one of them to go through the black flames.

Helena Bonham Carter ( Bellatrix Lestrange) narrated the written text of the riddle in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 16 ( Through the Trapdoor) for Harry Potter At Home.

Since the potions that allowed the drinker to go forward or backward were unique, and from the third clue the biggest one could not be poison, red and black bottles must contain nettle wine.įrom the first clue, white and green bottles, to the left of nettle wine, must contain poison.įrom the second clue, white and purple bottles had different contents but neither allowed the drinker to move forward, and since the white bottle contained poison, and the two bottles containing nettle wine were known, the purple bottle must contain the potion to go back.įrom the third clue, the blue bottle, the smallest, could not be the poison, so it must contain the potion to go ahead while the yellow bottle was the third bottle with poison. Neither dwarf nor giant holds death in their insides įourth, the second left and the second on the rightĪre twins once you taste them, though different at first sight.' Solutionįrom the fourth clue, it was known the contents of the red and black bottles were the same. Third, as you see clearly, all are different size,

Second, different are those who stand at either end,īut if you would move onwards neither is your friend

You will always find some on nettle wine's left side To help you in your choice, we give you these clues four:įirst, however slyly the poison tries to hide

Three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line.Ĭhoose, unless you wish to stay here for evermore, Two among our number hold only nettle wine, One among us seven will let you move ahead,Īnother will transport the drinker back instead,

Two of us will help you, whichever you would find, 'Danger lies before you, while safety lies behind,

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