Talk to the Animals (was Lily's Secret)

[Zarleycat at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24230

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Dave Hardenbrook" <DaveH47 at m...> wrote:

snip
 
> On another point -- If it's possible to talk to snakes, can someone 
> with the gift talk to other animals?  (Could Goderic Gryffindor 
talk to 
> lions, etc.?)
> 
> 
>                  -- Dave

I'd like to think so.  Harry understands Aragog and the other spiders 
later on in CoS - are they all speaking English?  And Sirius is able 
to communicate on some level with Crookshanks, although I didn't get 
the impression that they had actual conversations, as Harry can do 
with snakes. Maybe being an Animagus enhances an ability to talk with 
other animals.  Or maybe, in this instance, this is a clue that 
Sirius is a Gryffindor, as he is able to a catlike creature.  Not 
exactly a lion, but, hey, how many lions have we seen wandering 
around Hogwarts?

Marianne, who knows her cats understand exactly what she's saying, 
even if they choose to ignore her, perverse beings that they are...