[HPforGrownups] Possible OotP Flint?

[Robert A. Rosenberg]

No: HPFGUIDX 69640

At 04:39 +0000 on 06/23/2003, purple_801999 wrote about 
[HPforGrownups] Possible OotP Flint?:

>This thought suddenly dawned on me. Why did Harry not see the 
>thestrals when he left Hogwarts last year at the end of term? I'm 
>assuming Cederic's death is the one that allowed him to see them in 
>the first place. But in GoF when everyone is leaving they are still 
>described as "horseless" and Harry does not see them until he 
>returns in September.
>
>Thanks,
>        Olivia

Why not the simple answer? He was still in shock at the end of GoF 
and had not yet Absorbed/Internalized the death which finally 
occurred during the Summer (when he was having the Nightmares).