Mundungus Fletcher

[erisedstraeh2002 <erisedstraeh2002@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50986

Tzvi of Brooklyn wrote:

> We all know that Dumblydore sends Sirius to go round up the gang 
> which consists of Mundungus Fletcher, Arabella Figg, and Lupin. 
> I haven't read CoS in a while and I ran by his name. He had been 
> raided by the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts department of the MoM. Has 
> this been discussed before. What do you think it means?

Now me:

LOON here:  In CoS, Arthur Weasley does not say that Mundungus was 
raided by the MoM, he says "And old Mundungus Fletcher tried to put a 
hex on me when I had my back turned" (Ch. 3).  I interpreted this as 
meaning that Mundungus was working with Arthur during the raids, but 
that Mundungus is a bit loony and played a prank on Arthur during the 
raid.  We have further evidence of Mundungus' loony-ness when he 
submits a claim in GoF for QWC damage to his "twelve-bedroomed tent 
with en-suite jacuzzi" when he really was "sleeping under a cloak 
propped on sticks" (Ch. 10).

So I think Mundungus is a ministry wizard who is a bit mad.  But 
obviously trustworthy enough to be part of Dumbledore's "old crowd."

~Phyllis