Order of the Phoenix

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24891

---Why does everyone assume that 
> Hermione would necessarily mention it if she saw Dumbledore's name 
on 
> the list of registered animagi?  There are lots of reasons why 
> Hermione might not have mentioned it:
> 
> 1. Both times she checked the list there was an awful lot of stuff 
> going on, so maybe she just didn't see fit to add, ''Oh and by the 
> way did you know Dumbledore is an animagus?''   
> 
> 2. Or, maybe everyone at Hogwarts already knows that he is an 
> animagus, so why state the obvious?  
> 
> 3. Or, maybe it is considered impolite in wizarding society to 
> mention someone's animagi status unless they are very open about it 
> themselves.
> 
> 4. Maybe JKR just doesn't want us to know this fact just yet, and 
in 
> a future book when Hermione is once again talking about the list of 
> registered animagi she will read it out loud -- '' Yes, here is the 
> list of all the animagi this century.  Here is M. McGonagall, of 
> course, a cat, and A. Dumbledore, of course, a bumblebee (allright, 
> maybe a phoenix), and Lucius Malfoy, a weasel, and Gorgonzola 
Goyle, 
> a cockroach......''
> 
> --Joywitch

Add another reason Dumbledore could be an Animagus without being one 
of the seven registered Animagi.  Hermione says there have been seven 
this centurey.  Isn't Dumbledore older than century?  Or do I have 
Dumbledore's age wrong?

Cindy

"Dumpy sort of woman?" he growled finally.  "Loads of children with 
red hair?"
Harry frowned.  He thought it was a bit rich of Uncle Vernon to call 
anyone "dumpy."