Harry's dreams/Petunia/Draco's Wand/Hagrid & Crookshanks=Clues

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 53563

Grace wrote:

> P.37 ~ The Sorceror's Stone Ch. 2 American edition Paperback:
> "When he has been younger, Harry had dreamed and dreamed of some 
> unknown relation coming to take him away, but it never happened; 
> The Dursleys were his only family."

> Question/Clue:  <snip> Could it be that Sirius will be cleared up 
> in perhaps book 5 and come to take Harry away from the Dursleys.  

Now me:

I saw that dream as a foreshadowing of Harry being taken by Hagrid to 
Hogwarts (unintended alliteration there!).  While Hagrid is not a 
relation of Harry's (that we know of, anyway!), it still served the 
same purpose of rescuing Harry from a place he detests and taking him 
to a place he loves (most of the time, that is).

Unfortunately for Harry, I don't see him being able to leave the 
Dursleys for good unless Voldemort is vanquished, since the ancient 
magic Dumbledore invoked to protect Harry while he's at the Dursleys 
is so very effective.

Grace again:

> P.49 - Vernon is nailing down any cracks that the doors may have so 
> that the letters won't be delivered and Petunia says:
> "I'm not sure that'll work, Vernon."
> 
> Question/Clue:  How does she know this?  She may not sound 
> positive, but why say that?  

Me again:

Petunia probably knows a bit about what magic can do since she likely 
had first-hand experience in observing her sister Lily (she does 
reference Lily bringing home frog spawn and changing teacups into 
rats).  Vernon probably would have also been able to figure out that 
it wasn't going to work if he wasn't so worked up at the time.

Grace again:
 
> P.96 - Harry meets Draco for the first time at Madam Malkin's Robes 
> for all Occasions shop.  Draco says: "My father's next door buying 
> my books and my mother's up the street looking at wands..." he 
> continues to talk of broomsticks.  
> 
> Question/Clue:  Did he mean his mother was buying him his wand?  
> Why would she be looking at wands without him being there?  

Me again:

This is a bit of a mystery, since the "wand chooses the wizard."  
Perhaps she just told him that so she could sneak away for a quick 
pick-me-up at the Leaky Cauldron ;)

Grace again:

> P. 101 - Hagrid on getting Harry an animal as his birthday present:
> "...Not a toad, toads went outta fashion years ago, yeh'd be 
> laughed at - an' I don't like cats, they make me sneeze. ..."
> 
> Question/Clue:  Has Hagrid ever been around Crookshanks?  And if 
> so, has he sneezed?  This could be because Crookshanks is half 
> Kneazle, but he (it is a he right?) is still half cat!

Me again:

Off the top of my head, I can't recall a time when Hagrid has been 
around Crookshanks.

~Phyllis