something else about Hagrid

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 143886

Betsy Hp:
Ron in PS/SS after being bitten by Norbert.  Actually, Hagrid, more 
worried that Ron had scared the baby dragon, did not send Ron to the 
infirmary.  And Ron, worried that he might get his friend in trouble, 
did not go to the infirmary.  


Sherry now:

Actually, this made me think of the one and only thing that has ever really
disturbed me about Hagrid.  i love Hagrid, and I don't consider him a joke
or stupid or anything.  in fact, I think he's a lot smarter than some in his
world imagine.  However, having said all that, here is the thing that has
always upset me.  When the kids got caught after handing over Norbert, and
they got detention and lost so many house points, why didn't Hagrid confess
that he'd had an illegal dragon and that the kids were trying to help him by
getting rid of it?  i've always felt that whole thing was his fault, and as
the adult, he should have come forward and said something.  yes, the kids
would still have been out of bounds and lost points and gotten detention,
but perhaps it wouldn't have been as bad.  Of course, then we might not have
had the forest and the centaurs and all that.

sherry