How did Percy get Scabbers?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 105315

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kandbmom" <kandbmom at y...> wrote:
>      How did Percy get Scabbers?  We have not yet heard?  Surely, 
> the "Rat" did not just appear at the Borrow and Percy adopted him.
> I  wonder if Arthur found the injured "Rat" at the scene  where 
> Sirius was arrested and took him home to nurse him back to health 
> or was he given to Percy be a well place DE?  I think this could be 
> very important to what Percy has known all along and how he could 
> have been used before Ron received the "Rat"
>      Any thoughts?
> 
> Kandbmom

Asian_lovr2:

You are in luck, I just posted a link to detail information on that
very subject.

From:  "Steve" <asian_lovr2 at y...>
Date:  Fri Jul 9, 2004  3:55 pm
Subject:  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about PERCY and more.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/105311

which contain amoung other things, the following link-

From:  "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...>
Date:  Thu Oct 30, 2003  5:06 pm
Subject:  Re: Where Percy got Scabbers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/83893
A 'logical extension' analysis of the likely circumstance in which
Percy aquired Scabbers.

These are links to my posts, but they will lead you to long threads
with detailed discussions.

The short version explanation is -
"... the "Rat" did ... just appear at the Borrow and Percy adopted him."

Steve/asian_lovr2