Contacting parents, Dumbledore

[Linda]

No: HPFGUIDX 56016

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "maria_kirilenko" 
<maria_kirilenko at y...> wrote:


>>I suppose you're right. But I still think that Dumbledore 
should've told the Weasleys about Scabbers.

Me:
    Hi. I'm a newbie and I have been following this thread for a 
couple of days. It seems to me that we may be reading too much into 
the Dumbledore/Scabbers scenario. True, no where in cannon is there 
any evidence that Dumbledore ever discussed the situation with 
Arthur or Molly Weasley, however, there is no evidence in cannon 
that he did not do so either. The way the events at the end of POA 
happened, there was no opportunity for him to speak to them before 
JKR brought the book to it's end. There is no mention of it (from 
this angle at least) in GOF. The conversation may have taken place 
any time between the conclusion of POA and the conclusion of GOF and 
we wouldn't necessarily have heard about it. This becomes even more 
plausible when you consider the length of and amount of information 
in GOF. Who knows how many (relatively) small events like this JKR 
has written but not included in her final draft? 

     Any thoughts?

     Linda
     ( who is so glad to find a board like this as her husband 
thinks she is nuts)