Cats (no, not the musical)

[mmarth at peoplepc.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 3880

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Flying Ford Anglia" 
<neilward at d...> wrote:
> Amanda said:
> 
> <<<<As to Crookshanks, I don't think he's really a cat. Or not just 
a 
> cat. But I don't think he's an Animagus, either. But when Sirius 
said 
> he was the most intelligent of his kind that he'd come across, he 
> didn't really specify what that kind was, did he?>>>>
> 
> ***
> To me, Crookshanks and The Sorting Hat are two of the most 
intriguing 
> characters in these books, and we've had the odd hint that both are 
> significant in some way. I'm dying to know more (but, ahem, not 
> enough to ask JKR about it).
> 
> I think that all the cats are there to protect Harry in some way. I 
> still wonder why McGonagall (as a cat) was watching the Dursley 
house 
> when Dumbledore turned up; could it have had more to do with her 
> instinct as a cat than needing to catch up with Albus?  I know I'm 
> repeating myself, but it was odd that she was sitting outside No.4 
> but was then surprised to learn that Harry was being delivered 
> there.  
> 
> There's probably much more to Mrs Figg's cats than meets the eye 
> too.  Some of them were named, weren't they?  I must go and look up 
> the names - they might mean something.  
> 
> Crookshanks pretty much chose Hermione.  Why did she buy such an 
> unlikely specimen unless she was 'influenced' in some way?  Why did 
> we hear so little about Crookshanks in GoF?  
> 
> Anyway, here's me just asking questions and not providing any 
> answers...typical.
> 
> Neil


McGonagall was there because Hagrid had told her Dumbledore would be
there.  I think she wanted to hear about all the rumors going around 
straight from D.


Martha