[HPforGrownups] Mundungus Fletcher/Crookshanks

[James Lawlor]

No: HPFGUIDX 109361

On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 05:51:56 -0000, khinterberg <khinterberg at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sounds surprisingly like Crookshanks the cat.  On p 60 of PoA
> Crookshanks is described "the cat's ginger fur was thick and fluffy,
> but it was definitely a bit bowlegged and its face looked grumpy..."
> Crookshanks is also often referred to as having "bandy legs."
> When we meet Mundungus, we find that he has been watching Harry and
> keeping in close contact with Mrs. Figg...a notorious cat lover.
> Jo Rowling doesn't throw these eerily similar descriptions and clues
> out for no reason. Could it be that Mundungus is an animagus whose
> form happens to be Crookshanks?

James:

You know, I never noticed that myself. But according to JK Rowling's site:

"Section: Rumours
Crookshanks is an Animagus
No, he's not, but he's not pure cat either. If you buy Fantastic
Beasts and Where to Find Them (all royalties to Comic Relief, which
means you're helping some of the poorest children around the world)
you might just be able to work out what Crookshanks really is."

http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/rumours_view.cfm?id=7

But there is something up with cats in the books - 
>From the Scolastic.com chat 10/16/00

" Is there something more to the cats appearing in the books than
first meets the eye? (i.e. Mrs. Figg's cats, Crookshanks, Prof.
McGonagall as a cat, etc.)

Ooooo, another good question. Let's see what I can tell you without
giving anything away....erm....no, can't do it, sorry."

http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2000/1000-scholastic-chat.htm

- James Lawlor, who sadly had to skip a lot of email to get caught up
recently, and will probably have to do so again next week
jlawlor at gmail.com