Trevor -- not the ideal pet

Geoff Bannister gbannister10 at aol.com
Sun Sep 19 22:30:51 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 113400

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gelite67" <gelite67 at y...> 
wrote:
> I just finished reading SS again, and it occurred to me that a frog 
> is not the ideal pet to give to a forgetful, clumsy boy.  Looks 
like 
> a frog would be hard for any kid to keep up with. Trevor seems to 
> excacerbate Neville's inadequacies (which may be JKR's intent, I 
> admit, to help establish Neville and forgetful, etc. in the first 
> book).  There is nothing to indicate that money was a problem for 
> Uncle Algie in choosing a pet to give to Neville.   I would think 
> that a cat or an owl would have been more helpful.
> 
> Angie

Geoff:
I think an owl would have been the best. A cat would probably have 
been as much of a problem for Neville as a toad. Look at Crookshanks 
for example!

Geoff
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