If I were an animagus..

[brooksindy]

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From: brooksindy
Subject: If I were an animagus..
Date: 8/10/00 11:35 pm  (ET)

Boy that sounds like a song writing cue for Randy Estes, to the tune of
"If I were a rich man" from _Fiddler on the Roof_.

I asked my son what he would like to be if he were an animagus; he thought
about it and said "I suppose a dragon is out of consideration"...which
makes me wonder if an animagus could only become a non-magical creature -
because I had wondered if I might like to be a Phoenix, - especially if I
could become a young human again after spending the remaining years beyond
a human lifespan as a Phoenix and going through the flaming rebirth!
But I think I would certainly choose, as an animagus, to be something
that could fly.

But this also reminds me of the "If you could have just ONE of Superman's
powers, which would it be?"
To me the top two choices would be invulnerability, then flying - but
if I couldn't get those, the next one I would like is heat vision -
which i would use to puncture the tires of impolite drivers!