| abstract | - "Wizard and the Hopping Pot is kind of moral, really, it's to teach young witches and wizards that they should be using their magic altruistically." – J. K. Rowling The Wizard and the Hopping Pot is one of the stories in the wizarding fairy tales collection, , written by Beedle the Bard. There are a few versions of this story, one being Beedle's original which describes friendly wizarding and Muggle relations, and the other being a revised tale told after persecution of wizards and witches by Muggles began in Europe during the 1400s. During this time of hostility, the Wizarding community started to destroy the original Muggle-friendly versions of this tale and created a new anti-Muggle story. This later version is primarily the one told to children to this day, especially by anti-Muggle parents. The original, should they ever read it, often comes as a great surprise. A still later version of the story comes from Beatrix Bloxam who rewrote many children's tales to be more wholesome.
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