Scabber's Attack on Goyle

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 113204

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gelite67" <gelite67 at y...> 
wrote:
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>But, based on that assumption, I couldn't figure out why 
> Wormtail would bite Goyle.

"Goyle reached out towards the Chocolate Frogs next to Ron - Ron 
leapt forward, but before he'd so much as touched Goyle, Goyle let 
out a terrible yell.

Scabbers the rat was hanging off his finger, sharp little teeth sunk 
deep into Goyle's knuckle - Crabbe and Malfoy backed away..." PS pg 
82, Canadian paperback

I assumed that meant "Scabbers", showing more intelligence than a rat 
should have ;), protecting his master. It did make them leave, and it 
did look like this were going to get quite messy had that not 
happened.

You're right in the fact that he may have bit Goyle to show that he 
had some worth, but mostly I thought he just wanted Malfoy, Crabbe 
and Goyle gone as much as Harry and Ron did.