Lifespans?... Phoenix in particular

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 131705

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "John Kearns" <jmkearns at g...> 
wrote:
> > >   It's interesting 
> to consider - for example, when Dumbledore dies, will Fawkes die as 
> well, like my grandfather's clock?  Or could his death foreshadow 
> Dumbledore's?  Perhaps he can only be killed when he is not yet full-
> grown.  Or perhaps his mortality is simply irrelevant.
> 

Or perhaps when Dumbledore dies (my prediction for the end of book 6), 
Phoenix will go to Harry's possession and be the "other pet" that Harry 
may or may not acquire, as JKR has hinted in the past.

Allison