In Harry Potter's first year at Hogwarts, when she saw Harry standing before the Mirror of Erised and obtaining the Philosopher's Stone, she wondered whether there was a space behind the mirror for storing the stone, like a safe hidden in a wall, whose door only Harry could open by knowing the correct "password."
But unlike fourth-year Bill, she did not think there was an advanced Extension Charm on the portrait. Paintings since the Renaissance all had this quality, seeming to possess depth, yet they remained two-dimensional.
The old fool often warned people lingering before the Mirror of Erised, but wasn't he himself a frequent visitor to it as well?
Once, Pomona ran into him while looking into the mirror and struck up a conversation. When she asked what he saw in it, he said he saw many woolen socks—so many he could never wear them all.
Christmas was approaching then. Since Dumbledore had become headmaster, students had been required to go home for Christmas, leaving the school cold and deserted. For a time, she thought he wanted gifts. But he was too old to hang up woolen socks and wait for Santa Claus to stuff presents into them; he was more suited to playing Santa Claus himself.
Severus believed he wanted family affection. Pomona felt that if Albus truly wanted family so badly, he ought to spend more time with Aberforth. After all, Aberforth was the last family member he still had.
So she really did give Albus many woolen socks as Christmas presents, thinking perhaps his feet were cold. "Last time," Albus had discovered the Room of Requirement because he urgently needed the toilet, and then found all sorts of chamber pots inside it.
Human desires were not always so complicated. When hungry, one saw an array of