Peter Pettigrew - Questions and Commentary

[Jacqui]

No: HPFGUIDX 101186

> Very likely, and directly from canon:
> 
> "Why else did you find a wizard family to take you in? Keeping an 
ear out
> for news, weren't you Peter? Just in case your old protector 
regained
> strength, and it was safe to rejoin him. . ."
> 
> PoA, Page 370
> 
> Also, we don't know that Percy kept him in a pocket or even took 
him to
> Hogwarts. We know that "Scabbers" has been in the Weasley family 
for years.
> Even if Percy did keep him in his pocket, like Ron did, he would 
still have
> been around to hear anything that might have been mentioned at the 
Weasley
> home during the holidays. Remember, animagi keep their minds when 
they
> transform, so he would understand whatever he heard. And hey, if he 
felt he
> had to live as a rat to hide from whoever (DEs, Sirius or VM), the 
Weasleys
> certainly gave him a good life, fed him well (remember how fat 
Scabbers was
> in the first book/movie?), etc., so why NOT stay there while you're 
waiting
> for some indication that things have changed?
> 
> BTW, what mistake are you referring to?
> 
> Barbara
> aka bd-bear


I think IMHO the mistake that is refering to is staying with the 
Weasleys in the first place.