Willow, Cat, Dog & Ramblings (was RE: Re: What about the Door?

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

No: HPFGUIDX 99758

| From: potioncat [mailto:willsonkmom at msn.com]
| Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 7:33 AM
| Boy, it's hard to keep things together when you aren't very visual!
| I always thought the tree was inside the castle walls.  But as it is
| described in CoS, it isn't.  Does anyone know if Jo herself ever
| published a drawing of the castle?  The only castle I've ever been to
| is the one in North Carolina...(good laugh by one and all.)  But I've
| been picturing something similar to the model my daughter made in 6th
| grade.

[Lee]:
Well, I'm not one for visual...especially since I don't have any.
(Seriously!)  But the way I interpreted things in COS, the car did get over
the wall and landed in the willow, so the willow was in the grounds,
probably more at the edge thereof.

As far as Sirius knowing other tunnels into the castle, since he was one of
those who put together the Marauders' Map, surely he would have known about
the tunnel from Honeydukes to the hump-backed witch in the castle.  Of
course, using that one would have been, probably, prohibitive.

It's obvious Crookshanks was helping Sirius/Doggie all the way once Doggie
had communicated his need/goal/whatever.

Point: There are a couple of places in COS where Harry sees Crookshanks on
the grounds, once with Sirius/Doggie.  So, how did Crookshanks get out of
Gryffindor Tower without Hermione knowing or being with her?  I can only
speculate that Sirius/Doggie got in with the help of Crookshanks, got to the
Tower, assumed his normal form to give the password which Crookshanks had
appropriated for him...Etc., Etc.

Does any of this make sense, or have I been confunded? :-)

Cheers,

Lee :-)

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