“Danger lies before you, while safety lies behind, Two of us will help you, whichever you would find, One among us seven will let you move ahead, Another will transport the drinker back instead, Two among our number hold only nettle wine, Three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line. Choose, unless you wish to stay here for evermore, To help you in your choice, we give you these clues four: First, however slyly the poison tries to hide You will always find some on nettle wine’s left side; Second, different are those who stand at either end, But if you would move onwards, neither is your friend; Third, as you see clearly, all are different size, Neither dwarf nor giant holds death in their insides; Fourth, the second left and the second on the right Are twins once you taste them, though different at first sight.” It would’ve been amazingly cool to see this on film. “‘Merope refused to raise her wand even to save her own life.’ ‘She wouldn’t even stay alive for her son?’ Dumbledore raised his eyebrows. ‘Could you possibly be feeling sorry for Lord Voldemort?’ ‘No,’ said Harry quickly, ‘but she had a choice, didn’t she, not like my mother –’ ‘Your mother had a choice, too,’ said Dumbledore gently. ‘Yes, Merope Riddle chose death in spite of a son who needed her, but do not judge her too harshly, Harry. She was greatly weakened by long suffering, and she never had your mother’s courage…’” “Did you put your name into the Goblet of Fire, Harry?’ Dumbledore asked calmly” is what the book says. It’s kind of important because a) it shows that Dumbledore is treating his student with respect instead of accusation (unlike movie Dumbledore), and b) it’s implied that possibly, Dumbledore was trying to read Harry’s mind to find the truth. (Dumbledore was known to use the art of Legilimency.) But hey, let’s just yell at the kid and shake him up a bit, despite that being completely out of character for Dumbledore.
