Crookshanks and Sirius Black (Crookshanks is Figg)

[dorothydch at yahoo.com]

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I think Crookshanks is Mrs.Figg. Mrs. Figg did break her leg 
hence "crook" "shank". This cat just happen to have never been bought 
before. Crookshanks attacked Wormtail in the store with Ron. 
Afterwards, she charmed Hermione into buying her.

Maybe the letter that Dumbledore left the Dursley's when Harry was a 
baby indicated that they could call on Mrs. Figg for care of Harry. 
Since the Dursley's only call on her in regards to Harry. 

Dumbeldore may have wanted extra protection of Harry at Hogwarts, 
just as he brought in Mad Eye Moody.

To make a real stretch Dumbledore used a spell that protected Harry 
in the presence of his relatives ... maybe Figg is a relative. Also, 
I think Dumbledore is a relative. He caught on to Madeye Moody 
because he said the real Mad eye would have never taken Harry away 
from his presence after Cedric was killed.

Now a real strecth Mrs. Figg could be Dumbledore's sister (around the 
same age) he trust her as part of the "old gang"

Dorothy

One last thing Dumbledore would have never left Harry with the 
Dursley's with just a lette (we still do not know what was in the 
letter) and without proper protection. He was also very careful that 
he would not be overwhelmed by his fame at a young age. Although 
throughout the years with the Dursley's many people from the magic 
community approached him. Which leads to the question of how many did 
he not see.



--- In HPforGrownups at y..., MeriLeslie26 at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 10/16/2001 9:51:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> frances at f... writes:
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> > Hi. I'm just listening to PoA and hadn't realized how much 
Crookshanks 
> > protects Sirius. Any thoughts on whether Crookshanks used to be 
Sirius' 
> > cat?
> > 
> > Frances
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> > 
> > 
> 
> I don't think so because in GoF Sirius says that it took him awhile 
to gain 
> the cat's trust.  If it was his cat wouldn't it have already trust 
him?
> 
> Leslie
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