An intro, and a long letter...

[slgazit]

No: HPFGUIDX 81531

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Iggy McSnurd" 
<coyoteschild at p...> wrote:
> The first HP book states that they died when Harry was one year 
old.  It
> never gives an exact date, not does it say he died ON his first 
birthday.  A
> child who is 18 months old is still a year old.

They died on Halloween. Hagrid tells Harry that on their first 
meeting.

> 2:  If Fawkes is the constant companion of the Headmaster of 
Hogwarts, might
> him coming to Harry's rescue and helping him on so many other 
occasions not
> be a sign that Harry will become the new Headmaster later in life?  
(Might
> Fawkes not sense this somehow and treat him accordingly?)

I don't think Fawkes is always the Headmaster's companion.
In CoS when Harry enters Riddle's diary, he enters the headmaster's 
office when Prof. Dippet (?) had the job. He muses about the 
difference between the office then and now, and specifically notes 
Fawkes' absense.

Salit