Bungy the budgie

[Lucila]

No: HPFGUIDX 71756

Me (Lucila):
> I was wondering if any of you thought that Bungy, the water-skiing 
> budgie, could actually be an animagus.
<snip>
> I also think it might have something to do with Benjy Fenwick; 
Moody, 
> while showing Harry the photo, says: "he copped it too, we only 
ever 
> found bits of him" (p.158 OoP UK ed.) <snip>
 
Cate:
> I never really thought much about Bungy being anything more than a 
> budgie someone had strapped to a pair of skis. That bit always 
seemed 
> to me more of a witty parody of news reporting. I don't know about 
> Argentina but in the US and, I guess, in the UK, every once in 
awhile 
> news shows will run funny little stories about animals or people 
doing 
> silly things; they're called human interest stories. 
<snip>
> They're just silly little stories to wrap up the news with.

Me:
Well, I haven't seen any water-skiing animals in the news, here in 
Argentina we have loads of Voldemorts to fill the news with. But 
apart from that, I got the point of the parody. Nevertheless, JK 
sometimes does this to us: she tries to make something look as 
totally unimportant, and then it turns out to be crucial in the plot.
Maybe I'm just looking for hints everywhere... 

Lucila.