[HPforGrownups] Re: Mrs. Norris

[Gail Bohacek]

No: HPFGUIDX 46738





VJH Asked;

Mrs. Norris petrified(sp.)? Why petrify a cat? Is she a threat
> > to the plan?
> >
> > It's puzzled me since my first reading. And I still cannot find a
> > suitable explanation for that. Any idea?

Bboy Speculated:

>I don't think the basilisk specifically sought out Mrs. Norris. There
>was nothing special about the cat. The basilisk was probably under
>orders to kill some one/thing, and the cat just happened to be the
>thing it encountered.

My question is...Harry kept hearing the basilisk say 
"kill...tear...blood..." etc, but none of it's victims died.  Did it think 
that they had already died, and not just petrified?  And why didn't the 
basilisk munch the people he petrified if it was talking about blood and 
stuff?


Bboy also Mentioned:

>As a side note: I don't think seeing a basilisks eyes will kill you.
>You have to be held in it's gaze. In other words, it has to look right
>at you. Possibly, you even have to look at each other; your gazes have
>to lock together. This explains how Riddle could keep his eyes open
>and control the basilisk. He probably ordered it to never look at him.

Er...Moaning Myrtle died in the bathroom just by looking directly at the 
basilisk's eyes...

-Gail B.


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