[HPforGrownups] Missing 24hrs/apparating/forbidden forest

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 42479

Tara:
> I have realized one thing that might be of interest or at least something to 
> keep in mind. Harry was 15 mo. old the night of his parents demise, which 
> means he was far less of a baby that we are assuming. The need for 
> *feeding* and such are not as frequent as it would be for an infant. At 
> fifteen months, a child can speak (some), walk, definately crawl and eats 
> mostly table food, so I imagine the caring of Harry would have been 
> relatively simple and of course Hagrid could handle it on his own. 

Personally, I find (sleep-deprivation aside!) that small infants are 
infinitely easier to care for than 15 month olds. They stay where you put 
them, don't put themselves into danger, don't attempt to argue back, eat what 
they're given (milk!) etc.

In addition, the 15 month old is going to be much more distressed by the 
situation. A small baby will accept care from anyone. By 15 months, he's 
going to want his mum.
The thought of taking a 15 month old child on a flying motorbike is 
distinctly frightening.

(As is the thought of leaving a 15 month old unsupervised on a doorstep at 
the beginning of November).

> 
> Also, a question as to "why didn't Lily just take Harry the night Voldemort 
> came to destroy them, and apparate" (I'm using my own words, thats not how 
> it came out of a post)? Do we know that anyone can apparate *with* another? 
> If so, why didn't Arthur Weasley just take Harry and apparate away with him 
> from the Dursley's (when they picked him up for the Quidditch world cup 
> GoF) instead of sending him back with Floo powder? I don't think we've ever 
> seen anyone apparated with another. Please, do correct me if I'm wrong!

No, you're right and the consensus of the list has been that it seems to be 
impossible to apparate with someone else.

> 
> Another thought has crossed my mind as well...  we all know that Professor 
> Lupin is a werewolf and with the exception of his *mindframe* during a full 
> moon, is quite likable.  What I'm wondering is, aren't there werewolves in 
> the forbidden forest as well?  I seem to remember either Draco or Ron 
> stating in exclamation, (before entering the forest), "..they're werewolves 
> in there...".  Well, then are we to assume that when there isn't a full 
> moon, that there are regular men walking around the forbidden forest?  I 
> find that hard to believe with all the other monstrous creatures about!  
> Also, is there a spell on the boundaries of the forest keeping all the 
> creatures inside of it or do they stay within the forrest on their own free 
> will? 

It has been suggested that the 'werewolves in the Forbidden Forest' thing 
actually started with Remus (in other words, there aren't really werewolves 
in there, although Hagrid never says as much). But JKR (or Tom Riddle, at 
least) also made an error in suggesting that Hagrid was able to attempt to 
rear werewolves under his bed, so I think occasionally the word has been used 
a little loosely.

Eloise





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