James left Cloak with DD - Why?

[amanitamuscaria1]

No: HPFGUIDX 155497

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Hagrid" <aussie_lol at ...> wrote:
>
> > "Hagrid" <aussie> wrote:
> > >
> > > Christmas in PS/SS, 
> > > 
> > > "Your father left this in my possession before he died. <SNIP>
> > > 
> > > So why did James leave it with DD? Not for DD to use ...
> > > 
> > > "I don't need a cloak to become invisible," DD 
> > > 
> > > Any ideas? Someone escaping (RAB), or someone spying?
> > >
SNIP
> aussie:
> I know. I skimmed over it a few times without thinking. But Ron had 
> said, "they're really rare, and really valuable".
> 
> The Map is useful only at Hogwarts, but we have seen other things 
> the cloak is useful for since then.
> 
> RARE? - Snape has to use Harry's cloak in POA
> - I think we have only seen the Crouch's with a Cloak, no-one else.
> - OOTP get Harry to use it to leave Dursleys - but others didn't 
> have one
> - DD tells Harry to keep it with him all year in HBP.
> 
> So why did a person in hiding not need something that makes him 
> invisible? ... What greater purpose did DD have for it?
>

AmanitaMuscaria now - Perhaps the cloak wasn't _bought_ by James, but 
was found? In the ROR, or elsewhere in Hogwarts?
Perhaps it 'belongs' to Hogwarts, not James...
Cheers, AmanitaMuscaria