Sirius' motorcycle

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 3318

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Brian " <skywalker1 at i...> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>    I was listening to PoA in the car this morning and something 
> caught my ear.  Hagrid says that he was sent to James and Lily's 
> house to retrieve Harry and, while he was there, Sirius arrived on 
> his flying motorcycle.  The statement I can't quite figure out is 
> that Sirius gives his bike to Hagrid and tells him that he's not 
> going to need it anymore.  Why didn't he want his bike?  It seems
to 
> me that it was more than just wanting Harry to get to AD as soon as 
> possible.  Since he was innocent and had no reason at the time to 
> believe he would be framed for the murders, wouldn't he still want 
> it?  On top of this, Hagrid mentions how much he knew Sirius loved 
> that bike.  Now I remember in SS/PS that Hagrid tells AD that he
has 
> to get the bike back to Sirius.  I'm assuming he didn't feel right 
> keeping the bike regardless of Sirius' words about not wanting it.
>    Any thoughts?

Also in SS/PS Hagrid tells Dumbledore and McGonagall that he 
*borrowed* the motorcycle from Sirius Black when he appears on Privet 
Drive. He didn't tell them that Black gave it to him. And you're 
correct that Hagrid says he has to return the bike to "young Sirius 
Black".

Could it be that the stress of the situation overwhelmed Hagrid and
he 
initially misunderstood Sirius?

:-) Milz