appertating was "a much pleasanter reason"

[Karen Barker]

No: HPFGUIDX 131075

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Hagrid" <aussie_lol at y...> wrote:
> One says:
> Harry Potter's stay at the Dursley's will be the shortest yet; 
<snip> since he will be leaving for "a much pleasanter reason." 
> 
> I suggest it may be APPARATING lessons.
<snip>
> I assume apparating rules are similar to muggle driving rules - a 
> youth can learn to drive even before he/she is old enough to get 
> their license.

Not in the UK they can't, or at least not on public roads.  If your 
family had enough private land then your parents could teach you on 
that, but there is no formal training until you are 17.

Harry will be only just 16 at the start of the 6th year, whereas 
Hermione will be 17 a few days after term starts and Ron in March.  As 
we all know by now(!), you cannot apperate inside Hogwarts so they may 
not chose to learn until the following summer when they could all 
learn together.  

If they do learn before the end of the book though, I wonder if it 
could be significant.  In that they could all be in an encounter with 
DEs and/or Voldemort (outside Hogwarts ground) and Hermione and/or Ron 
apperate to safety while Harry cannot.

While we're here - what does everyone think about the possibility that 
someone who can apperate could carry someone who cannot, and apperate 
that person with themself?

Karen