Perkins

[evangelina839]

No: HPFGUIDX 90858

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "scoutmom21113" <navarro198 at h...> 
wrote:
> I can't check it right now - my daughter took the book to read (how 
> dare she?!) - but my impression is that he went whenever the 
> Dursleys went out because they didn't want to leave him alone in the 
> house.  Why would going to the zoo on Dudley's birthday be any 
> different from the rest of the year?
> 
> Ravenclaw Bookworm


Okay, I've been trying to find every reference to Mrs Figg in the books and elsewhere 
for the past half hour or so, but I really didn't find much besides the passage I've 
already quoted (PS2). In OP2, Harry asks her "all those times I came round your house 
- why didn't you say anything?", so that seems to imply he's been there quite a lot 
(which also makes more sense). But on the other hand, the Lexicon says of Figgy, 
"Used to babysit Harry every year on Dudley's birthday". And of course, since Harry 
has been around for Dudley's past 14 or so birthdays, that might be enough to call 
"all those times".

So, I really don't know. :)

Eva.