The Trouble with Puffskeins (was Re: Puffskein)

[aeshapi]

No: HPFGUIDX 36179

Susanne asked (regarding Fred being accused of killing Ron's
pet Puffskein):
> So, this incident is not mentioned in the four main books?
> I was starting to wonder why I never heard of it before.
> 
> What's a puffskein, and what did Fred do to it?

In the book Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them a Puffskein is 
described as a fuzzy spherical docile creature that is "much beloved 
by wizarding children for many generations and ... remains a highly 
popular wazarding pet."  It has a fun habit that you should read the 
book to find out about.

This book is a reproduction of Harry's copy of this book and was also 
used by Ron since "his fell apart."  In the margin in Ron's hand 
appears:

"I had one of them once"
"What happened to it?" (Hermione's hand)
"fred used it for Bludger practice"

When I read this, I assumed that this was a bit of a joke on Ron's 
part.  That the Puffskein lived to a ripe old age (for a Puffskein) 
and died.  Since the death of a pet is never fun to talk about, 
instead of saying it died, Ron remembering Fred's constant threats to 
use the Puffskein for Bludger practice (never carried out, uses this
as his way of referring to his pet's death.  Of course all of this
is my opinion and has no basis in any of the books except based on
the personalities of the characters.

Is this an acceptable first post?

-- Alley Cat