Harry's Letter

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 141792

Looking over Book 1 the other night, I saw a sentence I'd never 
thought much about before (!), a comment by Hagrid in "Keeper of the 
Keys":

"You never told him? Never told him what was in the letter 
Dumbledore left fer him? I was there! I saw Dumbledore leave it, 
Dursley! An' you've kept it from him all these years?" (p. 50 
Scholastic)

Dumbledore mentioned in chapter 1 the letter was for Petunia & 
Vernon, to explain what happened and pass the information on to 
Harry. Maybe there was infomation specifically for Harry as well? 

See, this has my brain churning. Is it possible, since Harry never 
attempted to contact anyone in the magical world, Dumbledore 
wondered if Harry wanted no part of it? I believe that safety was 
the primary reason for placing Harry at the Dursleys, but after 
seeing the damage done by young Riddle when allowed to practice 
unchecked magic, Dumbledore perhaps also saw the value of placing 
Harry with a family he knew would not tolerate magic.

Dumbledore would want Harry to make the choice to be part of the 
magical world. Perhaps he interpreted Harry's silence not as the 
Dursleys witholding information, but Harry making a choice to be a 
Muggle. Mrs. Figg, with her infreqeunt contact, wouldn't know Harry 
was simply ignorant about the magical world rather than choosing the 
Dursleys way-of-life.

The only thing left to know is what was in that letter, and if 
important, the instructions DD gave Hagrid when visiting Harry the 
first time. I'm just hoping against hope JKR isn't done with the 
letter, and Petunia will show her better side by pulling out the 
saved letter during Harry's final stay at Privet Dr. 

Jen, sniffing at the thought we only have one more chance to see 
Harry's life again, even those awful Muggles at Privet Dr.