Question re thestrals from my 6-1/2 year old

[twobeaglegirl]

No: HPFGUIDX 99881

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <teilani2002 at y...> 
wrote:
> 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?
> > 
> > 
> 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.  

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2beagles:

Susan (#2), I agree with you about the first part (not remembering 
his mother's death).  Or perhaps he was lying in a crib and not able 
to see what was happening.

However, he was able to see the thestrals BEFORE Sirius died, since 
the beginning of OoP.  So his ability to see them must have been 
related to the death of Cedric Diggory.  But this is where I get 
confused since he didn't actually SEE Cedric murdered. He just 
heard it and assumed that it was him (which turned out to be 
correct).    

2beagles