Peter Pettigrew's brain as Scabbers

[vheggie at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 26468

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>    Aha! So that's it. I wondered what made the animagi
> spell different from ordinary transfiguration.
> Obviously the tricky part that requires such careful
> study and preperation is arranging to keep one's human
> cognition even if animal form. 
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I remember having a story book when I was little, called 'whatif' 
which was full of strange questions, one of which was (paraphrased)
"What if I found a magic book and it really worked, and a read out a 
spell to turn me into a cat, and I turned into a cat, and I spent the 
day as a cat having fun, and then when I went abck to the book to 
turn myself back I REALISED I COULDN'T READ"

Could this mean there may be unsucessful animagi running around?  Or 
in St Mungo's?  The consequences of attempting animagi magic without 
being fully prepared could be awful...