Figg's cats

[halli]

No: HPFGUIDX 102867

I wonder if anyone's noticed how smart Arabella Figg's cats are? She 
put Mr Tibbles on the case to watch Mungdungus and make sure he 
didn't take off, then reported to her when he did. Irrelevant? I 
think not! In PoA, Sirus talks about how Crookshanks is one of the 
more intelligent of its kind...not quoting here, sorry... I think 
that maybe Crookshanks was sent to watch over Harry, or all three of 
them (Ron and Hermione too) by Dumbledore, borrowed from Mrs Figg.
 
Seeing as how Crookshanks didn't appear until 3rd year, when it was 
obvious how close they were, and how Crookshanks always tried to 
attack Scabbers, the one who would turn out to be against Harry and 
everybody. Just a thought. The only part that doesn't make sense is 
how the woman Hermione bought Crookshanks from said he'd been around 
for ages...although that could just be because she (or possibly even 
Crookshanks) knew he was supposed to go to someone close to Harry, 
to keep watch over him... Sorry if it's a stupid theory, or if it's 
already been discussed, but I had to try it out...

         -halli