[HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius's Motorcycle

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

No: HPFGUIDX 102172

| From: Susan
| Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 14:09 PM
| Susan (teilani) now:
| One problem with this... SS 1:14 Hagrid says, "Young Sirius Black
| _lent_ it to me"  (my emphasis)  and SS 1:16  Hagrid says, "I'll be
| takin' Sirius his bike back."  So, did he?  He dropped off baby Harry
| and left.  Where'd Hagrid go?  Did he find Sirius and return the
| bike?

[Lee]:
And in POA, I quote from the US Edition, Chapter 10:
{Hagrid speaking}:
... "But I'd had me orders from Dumbledore, an' I told Black no, Dumbledore
said Harry was ter go ter his aunt an' uncle's. Black argued, but in the end
he gave in. Told me ter take his motorbike ter get Harry there. 'I won't
need it anymore,' he says.
     "I shoulda known there was somethin' fishy goin' on then. He loved that
motorbike, what   was he givin' it ter me for? Why wouldn' he need it
anymore? Fact was, it was too easy ter trace. ..."
--End Quote--

So, we have a bit of an inconsistency here.

My feeling is that what Hagrid said in POA is correct and, perhaps, he
misinterpreted Sirius in SS, figuring on that Sirius was just really
distraught and didn't care about much of anything right then, but that he,
Hagrid, would bring the bike back next day or so.  Then, Hagrid finds out
that Sirius has been arrested, yada-yada, and so what does he do with the
bike?

Yeah...interesting question.

Cheers,

Lee :-)

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