[HPforGrownups] Re: Question re thestrals from my 6-1/2 year old

[Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force]

No: HPFGUIDX 99879

| From: Susan [mailto:teilani2002 at yahoo.com]
| Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 14:54 PM
|
| Schlobin at a... wrote:
| >
| > My son Jesse asked me --- didn't Harry witness his mother dying? If
| yes, why
| > couldn't he see thestrals sooner?
| >
| > Can someone help?
| >
| > Susan
| >
| >
| Another Susan here (teilani):
| Uh, I believe it was because he couldn't really remember her death,
| whereas he definitely saw Sirius go through the veil, and he was told
| be Remus et al that Sirius was really gone.  Also, I got the
| impression that Luna actually witnessed her mom's accident, so that's
| why she could see them.

Right, but it was really the death of Cedric that opened Harry to seeing the
thestrals.  In GOF, Cedric is killed by LV; in OOTP, Harry sees the
thestrals when he gets to Hogwarts.  So, he's already seen them before
Sirius goes through the veil.

Cheers,

Lee :-)

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