Trevor, the toad/pets

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 58538

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Linda" <KIDATHEART_ at C...> 
wrote:
> 
 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.

Quite right. Trevor is - Magical Toad. Neville's pet.

OK - Hogwarts letter specifically mentions that a student is allowed 
to bring a toad OR a cat OR an owl. It doesn't mention any other sort 
of pets. Also, why capitalize that OR?

Harry gets an owl from Hagrid. Hagrid gives Harry some reasons why 
the other two animals aren't what he's buying - and that Owls are 
useful - carry post and all. Somehow owls do find the reciever, no 
matter where he or she is.

>From the beginning, we know that Neville has a toad (his losing it 
sort of brings it up every now and then).

Hermione buys a cat with special ability to detect Animagus trying to 
hide. (and Ron's rat is picked, and he now has an owl)

So there - we have all three, but we have yet to find what the toad 
can do.

Perhaps these three have some magical qualities, that together raise 
enormously strong magic?

One more thing: the 5th book is titled Order of the Phoenix - if 
Harry gains a new pet (probably losing Hedwig in the beginning) - and 
that pet just happens to be a phoenix, these Four Gryffindors all 
have different pets, and together, who knows what these can do...

-- Finwitch