[HPforGrownups] Is Crookshanks just a cat? Hmmmm...

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In a message dated 6/10/2003 10:55:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Ron_WizardChess_Weasley writes:

> Personally, I'd be willing to bet all of Fred and George's joke shop 
> money that Crookshanks is really MRS. Figg!! 

I agree with you. Somehow, I can't look at Crookshanks as a regular pet, 
because he has such a clearly-defined personality and understanding of things 
around him that he seems a bit human. In a creepy kind of way.  :)  I don't really 
like Crookshanks all that much. He gives me the willies. 

But, honestly, it will drive me crazy if Crookshanks is really a person in 
disguise, as much as it will make sense for him to be Mrs. Figg (except for the 
gender problem -- that should be a clue that he might *not* be Mrs. Figg). 
We've done the animagus/transfiguration thing so many times already, especially 
with Ron's pet Scabbers. 

I think it will be kind of silly for both Ron and Hermione to have pets who 
are not what they appear, unless JKR wants to put forth the possibility that 
*no* pets are what they appear. In that case, Trevor, Hedwig, Pig, and everyone 
else's pet at Hogwarts must hold some special secret.

Brief Chronicles


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