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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