Neville and Crookshanks (was: Percy Weasley (and Ron)

[rja.carnegie at excite.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 20014

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Indigo" <indigo at i...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Rita Winston" <catlady at w...> wrote:
> > "The Kneazle has an uncanny ability to detect unsavory or
> > suspicious characters" says FB.
> 
> But I don't know if I'd call it heroic. 
> 
> Neville caught holy hell for 'losing' the list, and he never did any 
> such thing; it was stolen.
> 
> It could be said that Crookshanks thought Sirius' plight warranted 
> him getting in and getting Pettigrew a higher priority over Neville 
> remembering his passwords...
> 
> It could also be said that Crookshanks might've done it to teach 
> Neville the lesson that he should work to improve his memory.

I wouldn't say "heroic", either, only because anyone could have
done it.  But Neville _did_ have it coming.  I checked back again
(POA chapter 13): Professor McGonagall accuses him of writing the 
passwords down (true) and leaving them lying around (apparently true, 
but apparently _in_ the dormitory, so not so bad).

It's interesting that Crookshanks can recognise Neville's list of
passwords, but can't actually tell Black the password that presumably
he's heard Hermione using, and can't memorise them, either - or
Neville needn't have lost the list at all.

Well, the "most intelligent" cat that Black's ever met maybe isn't
saying much, since Black is much, much more a dog person.

Incidentally, if Crookshanks _is_ part Kneazle - FB also says you
need a licence to keep a Kneazle, so does Hermione have a cat licence?

Robert Carnegie
Meretricious!