The invisibility cloak

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No: HPFGUIDX 31220

I was wondering...why did James Potter leave the invisibility cloak 
w/ Dumbledore before he died?  Was it purposeful ~ the danger to 
himself was so great that he wanted it some place safe, i.e., w/ 
Dumbledore?  Or perhaps happenstance?

I guess I had this little tiny blip of a 'could be' strike me ~ could 
be that Dumbledore (or, hmm, maybe even a co-hort) was doing 
something that required being able to move about unnoticed, and 
borrowed the cloak for that purpose; before the cloak was returned, 
James died, 'leaving' the cloak in Dumbledore's possession.

And also, Snape *did* pointedly thank Harry for leaving the cloak at 
the foot of the willow, in PoA, yes?  I wonder how he knew it was 
Harry's?  Or, er, maybe he didn't address Harry in particular.  
(Ack ~ memory!  Come back!)  Never mind, if I'm just misremembering.

I realize that most likely they are nothing details, things that had 
to be in order to further the plot.  But in light of the way 
Rowling scatters little pebbles throughout her books that seem so 
insignificant, and then raises some of them up to be the foundations 
of great things in later books, I find myself wondering a lot....  :-)

Mahoney