What's wrong with Mrs. Norris?/Ginny's riddle

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 113278

Julia said:
"It strucks me odd that the basilisk attacked the "Squib's cat". What for?
Why did Riddle want to do it? And how did he know that Filch is actually a
squib. Was it some kind of revange on Filch?  Maybe Riddle hated Filch and
Mrs Norris as much as everybody else? "

DuffyPoo:
I think this is one incidence when poor Mrs. N. was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.  I think Ginny reported to Diary!Tom that the cat was petrified and later the news that they found out Filch is a Squib (it happened at the time of the writing on the wall.).  Diary!Tom said it took a long time for Ginny to stop trusting the diary.  Or, maybe he did despise Filch/Mrs. N as much as everyone else - did they catch him out of his dungeon room late one night while investigating the whereabouts of the Chamber - and he just wanted to pay them back.  

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