[HPforGrownups] Re: Crookshanks reprised: Observations and Etymology

[Morag Traynor]

No: HPFGUIDX 16699

Indigo,
Sorry, I should have read all the messages before posting!


>  Indigo wrote:

>Clairey confirmed this very thing earlier.  <snip discussion on name and 
>Crookie not animagus>


>Here's a thought.
>Crouch-as-Moody turned Malfoy into a ferret.
>Maybe Crookshanks is some wizard who got turned into a cat and is
>unable to change himself back to his rightful form?
>
>That's an angle I'm not sure I've seen bounced about.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Meow.

Purrr!  I like that!  I wondered if he could temporarily assume human form 
(though I can't quite make it work out) because I thought JKR was glossing 
over something when Sirius writes to Harry that Crooks helped him order the 
Firebolt at the Owl Office.  It's hard to be certain, but even the Hogsmeade 
Owl Office staff would surely find it remarkable for a cat to order a 
broomstick and pay from a Gringotts account.  (Even by delivering a note).  
Sirius says he used Harry's name but his own money - maybe Crookshanks used 
Harry's shape?  Here's the bit from Sirius' letter:
"Crookshanks took the order to the Owl Office for me.  I used your name but 
told them to take the gold from Gringotts vault number seven hundred and 
eleven - my own."
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