[HPforGrownups] Re: parental roles in HP books - Molly (long)

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 136650

> > >>Juli: 
> > Destruction? What animal did they kill at age 7?
> > <snip>
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> Ron's puffskein.  I believe this happened when Ron was five, but I 
> could be mistaken.  (I can find the revelent quote in FB&WTFT, but 
> not in HBP where I believe more details are given.)  Fred apparently 
> used Ron's puffskein for bludger practice.  Which means, 
> effectively, that Fred hit a small furry animal with a cricket bat 
> until it was dead.  Not very pleasant, IMO.  
> 




Sherry now:

i don't remember this at all, but if it happened ... if Ron was five, the
twins were seven.  My brother accidentally killed my canary when he was
around that age, six or seven, I think.  I doubt that the twins purposely
set out to kill Ron's pet.  They were thoughtless and irresponsible, but
then, what seven year old kid isn't?  

Sherry