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Mrs. Cole : I must admit to some confusion receiving your letter, Professor Dumbledore. In all the years Tom's been here, he's never once had a family visitor. There have been... incidents with the other children. Nasty things.
[opens the door]
Mrs. Cole : Tom? You have a visitor.
Albus Dumbledore : How do you do, Tom?
Tom Riddle - Age 11 : [without turning around] Go.
[cut to a short time later, as Dumbledore sits opposite Tom]
Tom Riddle - Age 11 : You're the doctor, aren't you?
Albus Dumbledore : No, I'm a professor.
Tom Riddle - Age 11 : I don't believe you. She wants me looked at. They think I'm... different.
Albus Dumbledore : Well, perhaps they're right.
Tom Riddle - Age 11 : I'm not mad.
Albus Dumbledore : Hogwarts is not a place for mad people. Hogwarts is a school. A school of magic. You can do things can't you, Tom? That other children can't.
Tom Riddle - Age 11 : I can make things move without touching them. I can make animals do what I want without training them. I can make bad things happen to people who are mean to me. I can make them hurt, if I want... Who are you?
Albus Dumbledore : Well, I'm like you, Tom. I'm different.
Tom Riddle - Age 11 : Prove it.
[Dumbledore turns and looks at the wardrobe, which bursts into flames. Something rattles on the inside]
Albus Dumbledore : I think there's something in the wardrobe trying to get out, Tom.
[Tom opens the wardrobe, and dumps out the contents]
Albus Dumbledore : Thievery is not tolerated at Hogwarts, Tom. At Hogwarts you will be taught not only how to use magic, but how to control it. Do you understand me?
[Dumbledore starts to leave]
Tom Riddle - Age 11 : I can speak to snakes, too. They find me... whisper things.
[Dumbledore stops, looking surprised]
Tom Riddle - Age 11 : Is that normal, for someone like me?
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Albus Dumbledore : [to Harry] What you are looking at are memories. In this case containing to one individual. Voldemort. Or as he was known then, Tom Riddle.
[takes a memory]
Albus Dumbledore : This file contains the most particular memory. The day I first met him. I'd like you to see it. If you want.
[Harry takes the memory, poors its contents into the Pensieve, puts his head in the Pensieve, and watches Mrs. Cole leading a younger Dumbledore to Tom Riddle]
Mrs. Cole : I must admit to some confusion receiving your letter, Mr. Dumbledore. In all the years Tom's been here he's never had a family visitor. There have been incidents with the other children. Nasty things.
[knocks on Tom Riddle's door and opens it]
Mrs. Cole : Tom, you have a visitor.
Albus Dumbledore : How do you do, Tom?
Tom Riddle - Age 11 : Go.
[Dumbledore seats himself]
Tom Riddle - Age 11 : You're the doctor, aren't you?
Albus Dumbledore : No. I'm a professor.
Tom Riddle - Age 11 : I don't believe you. She wants me looked at. They think I'm... different.
Albus Dumbledore : Well, perhaps they're right.
Tom Riddle - Age 11 : I'm not mad.
Albus Dumbledore : Hogwarts is not a place for mad people. Hogwarts is a school. A school of magic.
[a puzzled expression comes across Riddle's face]
Albus Dumbledore : You can do things, can't you, Tom? Things to the children, Tom.
Tom Riddle - Age 11 : I can make things move without touching them. I can make animals do what I want without touching them. I can make bad things happen to people who are mean to me. I can make them hurt. If I want. Who are you?
Albus Dumbledore : I'm like you, Tom. I'm different.
Tom Riddle - Age 11 : Prove it.
[Dumbledore conjures a fire in the wardrobe]
Albus Dumbledore : I think there's something in your wardrobe that's trying to get out, Tom.
[Riddle opens the burning wardrobe and finds a small box rattling, while the flames disappear]
Albus Dumbledore : Thievery is not tolerated at Hogwarts, Tom. At Hogwarts you will not only be taught how to use magic, but how to control it. Do you understand me?
[leaves]
Tom Riddle - Age 11 : I can speak to snakes, too. They find me... whisper things.
[Dumbledore turns around]
Tom Riddle - Age 11 : Is that normal for someone like me?
[Dumbledore looks at Riddle and Harry suddenly takes his head out of the Pensieve]
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Mrs. Cole : [from trailer] The entire time Tom's been here he's never had a visitor.