Prefects...n'stuff

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

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From: catlady_de_los_angeles
Subject: Re: Prefects...n'stuff
Reply To: [Yahoo! #4700] Re: Prefects...n'stuff
Date: 7/21/00 12:05 am  (ET)

> I can't imagine the Sorting Hat telling someone like Ron whose last
name starts with a 'W' that he has to go into Hufflepuff because the
Gryffindor dorm is already full. ;)

I took it for granted from the beginning that one little part of the
magic at Hogwart's is that each dorm room adjusts itself to the number
of students it will contain. The adjustment, perhaps instantaneous,
takes place during the feast that happens right after the Sorting. This
left me with two things to wonder about: 1) if a student dropped out or
died, would his/her bed vanish from the dorm room or would it remain as
a reminder to the bereaved roommates? 2) If it happened that there were
a large number of first-years Sorted into the same House, would their
dorm room adjust by becoming gigantic or by becoming multiple rooms?