squibs and cats

[eldee_2600]

No: HPFGUIDX 64042

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "beldasnoop" <beldasnoop at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mugglemonkee" 
<pooka2407 at a...> 
> wrote:
> > What's up with the squib/cat relationship?
> > 
> > Filch & Mrs. Norris
> > Figg & Mr. Tibbles
> > 
> > Does anyone else find this odd/interesting?
> 
> Interesting.  Mrs. Figg has lots of other cats, too.  I wonder if 
it 
> means anything. Maybe Squibs in general have a certain longing for 
> things magical, and the cats serve as a sort of emotional link to 
the 
> Wizarding World.

It's not just that they own cats, they seem to understand them too. 
Theres'a been a lot said about the strange way that Filch is almost 
able to talk to Mrs Norris. And how on earth did Figg manage to send 
Mr Tibbles off to spy on Harry? More to the point, what sort of 
special cat is Mr Tibbles to understand and obey that command, and 
then alert her when Mundungus Fletcher took off?

-ElDee