[HPforGrownups] Re: Peter Pettigrew - Questions and Commentary

[Barbara D. Poland-Waters]

No: HPFGUIDX 101168

>>>From: Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) [mailto:catlady at wicca.net]

___StrawberryJAMM (nice name!) wrote:

How did "Scabbers" end up in the hands of the Weasley family?___

People figure he knew the Weasleys, a large, poor, kindhearted family,
would take in a stray pet, so he went there and made nice to a child,
probably young Percy, who couldn't afford to buy a pet. When the
parents found out, they let him keep it, out of some mixture of
softheartedness and figuring that rats aren't expensive to feed and
don't require a lot of upkeep. <<<

I was under the impression that Pettigrew went to the Weasleys because he
knew Arthur worked at the MoM and could, by being around them and listening
in, monitor whether or not V-Mort was regaining power or if something were
to happen with Sirius.

Barbara
aka bd-bear