Wands (was: Scabbers

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

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From: catlady_de_los_angeles
Subject: Re: Wands (was: Scabbers
Reply To: [Yahoo! #1757] Scabbers
Date: 6/22/00 10:28 pm  (ET)

> Also, Ron is said to have "Charlie's old wand."
> What could be the explanation for Charlie
> needing a *new* wand if the old one was just
> fine?

After we had so carefully been told that the wand must be matched to
the wizard, I felt so sorry for Ron being stuck with a wand matched to
someone else.

I assumed that people use their student wand in school, then get a
new wand (or several new wands?) better suited to their new specialty
when they go into adult life. So Charlie got a new wand specialised for
working with dragons. It's also a little hard on him that he couldn't
keep his old wand as a memoir...