[HPforGrownups] Re: Hanging Mrs. Norris

[Vinnia Chrysshallie]

No: HPFGUIDX 46776

 --- Carol Bainbridge <kaityf at jorsm.com> wrote: 

<<So could someone have hung Mrs. Norris on the wall
for some reason and then Mrs. Norris, because of her
position on the wall, saw the basilisk's 
reflection in the water? >>


Me:
No. Definitely not. No one knew about the basilisk
yet, so anyone who did this would expect someone to
find Mrs. Norris not petrified. Given the uncanny
ability of Mrs. Norris to communicate with Filch, I
don't think any student would ever consider doing it.
Think of the punishment Filch would give! 


<<Or could she have been lying petrified on the floor
and then someone hung her up afterwards? Who did it
and why? >>

Me:
IMO, Ginny hung her after she (Mrs. Norris) was
petrified. A cat lying on the floor is unlikely to be
noticable, especially in a large crowd coming out of
the great hall. But hung, well, that certainly attract
attention! And there would be no mistake that the cat
was a basilisk's victim, not merely being stampeded by
a large crowd of students!

--- vincentjh <vincentjh at yahoo.com> wrote: 

Why's Mrs. Norris petrified(sp.)? Why petrify a cat?
Is she a threat to the plan? 

Me:
Yes she is a threat. Ginny must have told Tom that
Mrs. Norris is a threat to anyone being somewhere they
should not be. Tom did not want Ginny to be caught
wondering around.

Colin was attacked in the middle of the night. If Mrs.
Norris was still around, Ginny had quite a good chance
of being caught.

Although I wonder...when Justin/Nick was petrified,
everyone was supposed to be in class (the only class
cancelled was second year Hufflepuff/Gryffindor
herbology). How come Ginny was not in class?


Vinnia

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