Trevor, the toad

[Linda]

No: HPFGUIDX 58522


Sabrina wrote:

    <snipping>

> that depends 
> somewhat on how long he has had Trevor. I don't think it is 
> mentioned in the book, so I'm going to run through different 
> possibilities.
> a)  He got Trevor just before Hogwarts
>  That could mean Trevor is supposed to spy on Harry or Dumbledore 
or 
> even Snape (although, if I were a toad I wouldn't go near him *g*) 
> We don't know who he got it from (I know it sounds wrong, but 
please 
> bear with me, English is my second language) but as toads are seen 
> as Old-fashioned as pets, I'd bet on his grandmother. Now is 
> grandmother could either have been fooled from wherever she got 
> Trevor from or she wants to keep an eye on Neville or others (s.a.) 
> herself.
> b)  He get Trevor before Hogwarts
>  Okay, I have the problem, I don't really know how old toads get, 
> but assuming that he could have lived with Neville before Hogwarts 
> would mean that somebody wanted to spy on Neville, or perhaps 
> controlling that his parents where really as bad off as everybody 
> thinks?

Now me(Linda):

   As I recall(I'm at work without the books), Neville's uncle gave 
Trevor to him when he got his Hogwarts letter. His family wasn't sure 
if he had enough magic in him to go to Hogwarts. "His uncle was so 
pleased that he bought him his toad."(paraphrase) As for any magical 
attributes that Trevor may have, IMO there must be something. After 
all those years of "trying to force some magic" out of Neville, I 
don't Uncle Algie would buy him a non-magical pet.

Linda- Would the Magical Toads make a good band name?