Question?

[candlekicks]

No: HPFGUIDX 121738


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "xcpublishing" 
<xcpublishing at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> >Craig writes:
> >Okay, at the end of GOF Harry Potter gets into the horseless 
> >carriages that take him and the other students to the train.  Now 
in 
> >the begininng of Order of The Phoenix he sees Thesterals pulling 
the 
> >carriages.  It's explained to him that he sees them because he 
> >witnessed someone dying.  Now why did he not see them at the end 
of 
> >GOF?  He had already seen Cedric die, he should of seen them 
then, 
> >right?
> 
> I finished reading GoF last night and this was bugging me, also.  
I 
> kept waiting for him to notice the thestrels.  The realistic 
answer 
> to this is: JKR didn't think of the thestrels until she was 
writing 
> book five.  The fantastical answer to this is:  It doesn't say 
> Harry "didn't" see the thestrels.  Therefore, I decided he DID 
notice 
> the thestrels, he was just so out of it and depressed they didn't 
> register as an oddity until much later.  Much much later.  A whole 
> lot later.  Does anyone else have a better fantastical answer?  
> Please?
> 
> Nicky Joe

Linda:

JKR, herself, says on her site something to the effect of....
Harry could not see the thestrals at the end of GOF because it takes 
time to register that you have witnessed death and only someone who 
understands the ramifications of what they have seen can see them. 
She also says that she has always known that the thestrals were 
pulling the coaches but felt it would be strange for them to be 
introduced at the end of the book without Harry, and us, being able 
to find out about them until the next school year.

Hope this helps, Linda