CoS scene hagrid crossbow

[lziner]

No: HPFGUIDX 80291

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "elizabeth1603" 
<elizabeth1603 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, B Arrowsmith 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> 
> wrote:
> 
> > So why does Hagrid still barge in carrying two dead (apparently 
> > irrelevant) roosters?
> > 
> I don't think anyone's answered this question yet, so I will. The 
roosters are a 
> clue to the monster in the Chamber. The rooster's cry is fatal to 
basilisks, so 
> Tom Riddle had Ginny kill all the roosters so the basilisk wouldn't 
be killed 
> when it roamed around the school at night.
> 
> I agree with the person who said the crossbow scene was intriguing. 
Just 
> what was Hagrid expecting? I thought maybe dementors, but a 
crossbow 
> woudn't hurt them, would it?

I thought -given he was framed by Riddle - he had the crossbow in 
case the MOM arrived to take him to Azkaban.  Hagrid took the blame 
last time the Basilisk was loose (aragog).  Just my thought.

Lziner (who would never follow a spider)