at rebirthing/interview/Croookshanks

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No: HPFGUIDX 19964

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Aberforth's Goat" <Aberforths_Goat at Y...> 
wrote:
> Susan wrote,
> 
> > No, it was at a reading that JKR did in Ann Arbor, Michigan just 
last
> > week at Earth Wisdom, a local bookstore...several have reported
> > sighting her there.
> >
> > She said that there was no way in hell that Harry and Hermione 
would
> > ever become involved, that Remus Lupin and Sirius Black had been
> > lovers at Hogwarts, and that Crookshanks would play a major role 
in
> > the Order of the Phoenix.
> 
> WHAT?! Now that's exciting stuff--or did they move April 1st to 
June the 2nd
> this year? I just finished rumaging through yahoo and google for 
half an
> hour and couldn't find any evidence that she's been doing readings 
in the
> US, let alone managing to scandalize everybody from the moral 
majority to
> our list mom in one fell swoop.
> 
> They wouldn't happen to sell magic mushrooms at that bookstore 
would they?
> 
> Baaaaaa!
> 
> Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray, who would kinda like the story 
to be
> true just for its shock value ... )
> _______________________
> 
> "My own brother, Aberforth, was prosecuted for practising
> inappropriate charms on a goat. It was all over the papers,
> but did Aberforth hide? No he did not! He held his head high."



I was of course referring to some uh, slight disagreements, that we 
have had on the list...also the discussion of when JKR said something 
and where was beginning to sound like Elvis sightings to me.....so in 
my twisted mind I conjured up JKR popping up at a bookstore in Ann 
Arbor (could be Crazy Wisdom or Earth Wisdom both exist), also we 
have the home of Borders which used to be one of the most wonderful 
stores in the world until it spread everywhere and became crappy....
so anyway I had this fantasy she would pop up and talk with people 
and ....so it goes...

But what about Crookshanks? That cat's role in the PoA was significant
What is the cat's future role?

Susan