Hagrid's Letter, Re: Weasley's Pets

[caes56]

No: HPFGUIDX 35796

First, I would like to start off with a slight retort about 
something Catlady wrote:

----------Catlady Wrote:------------------
Doesn't anyone remember the famous phrase "He followed me home. Can 
I 
keep him?" To me, it seems ridiculous that people as poor as the 
Weasleys would pay money to buy a pet, when I've never paid money to 
get any of my cats (well, except for a 'donation' to an animal 
shelter that trapped me by displaying adoptable, I mean adorable,  
kittens in bank lobbies). I suppose 'Scabbers' turned up at the 
Burrow, at Arthur's office at the Ministry, at Percy's primary 
school 
(he was Percy's rat before he was Ron's), someplace, and looked cute 
so that a soft Weasley heart took him home.
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     Actually, as I am currently in the state of re-reading the 
Harry Potter Series for the fourth time straight-(this time it's the 
UK versions I just finally had imported)- I started in November, 
after being convinced of how good it was in the movie. Anyways, when 
Ron is on the train to Hogwarts, he tells Harry that "Dad bought 
Percy an owl because he was made a Prefect. They couldn't aff..i 
mean, I just got Scabbers instead." - this isn't an exact quote, but 
should be fairly close to the canon. It also states the unfortunate 
rebuttle to your statement- it isn't ridiculous that the Weasleys 
can buy pets, as a matter of fact, they buy a lot of things
(including Ron's second wand, his dress clothes, all the books for 
all the kids, etc). It's just that they try to get things second-
hand or cheaper than they normally could. This does NOT, however, 
rebute the theory that Pettigrew could have shown up at their 
doorstep one morning as well! Although, it must be pointed out that 
this could be considered unlikely. Probably a similar scenario to 
dogs and cats- you'd be afraid to take one home for fear of disease. 
I am sure for animals like dogs, cats, and to wizards, something as 
useful as an owl, you'd probably take it to the wizard vet.For a 
rat, however, I just don't see it likely. But that's my opinion, I 
could be wrong.

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     Onto the second topic, this is something that irked me since i 
first read the books. In the SS, during the first week of classes, 
Hagrid invites Harry to his house for tea to discuss the first week 
of classes. In the letter, it says "Harry....I would like to know if 
you'd like to have a cup of tea with me..." This is, of course, 
quite normal. However, it continues to say "....Please send us a 
reply....with Hedwig..." What I don't quite get is the "US". Maybe 
I'm reading a bit too far into it, but that passage always struck me 
as odd. Of course, there are a few explanations that could be given 
that I myself have thought of- namely that he could have been 
refferring to himself and Fangs, or himself and Hedwig. I don't, 
however, think those really fit in.
     Another thought I had occured to me after reading a JKR 
interview. She stated something to the effect that we've met the 
ravenclaw ghost- The Grey Lady- in book 1 but we didn't know it yet. 
Could this be it? I've tried to find the interview, but the search 
engine provided to me by the Elves didn't turn up anything, and 
since it's 4:30 am here on the east coast and i have to wake up in 4 
hours(one of these days, I'll get onto a normal sleeping pattern. 
But not 'till I leave college!) I really can't spend too much more 
time looking. I've also tried looking through the archives for 
related passages but nothing turned up on Hagrid's letter at all. 
Has anybody else even noticed this and mentioned anything, or did 
everybody else also assume it was an error? I mean, it should have 
read both in the plural or singular form. Well, I'm happy to hear 
any replies- I'm really intrigued and annoyed all at the same time 
by this subject! Have a good day/morning/evening/afternoon/night, 
wherever and whenever you read this!


-Vin