[HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione's Parents

[Shannon]

No: HPFGUIDX 35942

At 10:19 PM 3/1/2002 -0000, Eldhwen wrote:

>I don't think this is the biggest problem, cover stories are easy to 
>make up. The truth works too, but my question is: Why do Hermione's 
>parents or any of the other muggle parents and children belive in the 
>letter from Hogwarts? Harry only believes it because Hagrid convinces 
>him and they can not send a giant to everyone. If I got that letter I 
>would think that it was a prank.

I would assume that for Muggle parents there is some sort of follow up
to the letter.  Harry didn't get one because they thought the Dursleys had
told him all about his own parents.  

As for a cover story, I suppose they could always say that Hermione is
going to a school in another part of the country, or even another country
altogether.  I doubt, given the lengths to which the wizarding world goes
in order to hide their existence from the general Muggle population, that
the truth
would be an option.

Shannon