Scabbers The Hero

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 5722

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, eggplant88 at h... wrote:
> In the first book, Scabbers AKA Peter Pettigrew AKA Wormtail, 
> heroically defends Ron and Harry by biting Goyle on the finger. In 
> light of what we learn about this particular rat in later books 
this 
> act of nobility seems somewhat out of character. Why did he do it?

In PoA, Sirius says that Wormy liked to hang around "big" friends for 
protection/power. Maybe at that point, Wormy felt that Harry might 
really be another "big" friend so by biting Goyle he was hoping to 
ingratiate himself with Harry.

:-) Milz