Dahl and the Dursleys - Harry's Present

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 158928

---  "amanitamuscaria1" <saraandra at ...> wrote:

> 
> AmanitaMuscaria now - There's a reason Vernon is a director of 
> Grunnings, a firm that makes drills - REALLY boring.
> Cheers, Amanita
> snipsnip
> 
> > Betsy HP:
> >  No one writing Umbridge could possibly have decided 
> > to be coy about how bad the Dursleys really were to 
> > Harry.  I mean, she has them giving Harry old hangers
> > as  Christmas presents. 
>  
> AmanitaMuscaria again - 
> I still think this is part of The Pact. I mean, why 
> else would the Dursleys even take the trouble to give
> Harry a coathanger or a pair of Vernon's old socks? Or,
> more telling, why  would they bother to _send_ Harry a
> 50 pence piece? The only reason I can think of is that
> they _have_ to - it's part of the deal Petunia signed 
> with Dumbledore. Same with the cold soup. They have to
> give Harry food, they have to give Harry a birthday 
> present.
>
> Cheers, AmanitaMuscaria
>

bboyminn:

Well, I have a theory on this, a dustly old theory that
has been posted here several times before so it's nothing
new to the regulars.

I have always suspected that the reason Harry gets a 
present from the Dursleys is because, near the holidays,
Hedwig shows up and pesters them until the put something
in a envelope and send it off just to get Hedwig out of 
their hair.

Remember when Hermione was in France for the Summer, and
Hedwig showed up just before Harry's birthday? Hermione 
said she thought (paraphrased) that Hedwig wanted to make
sure Harry got something for his birthday. As it was it
was perfect since Hermione indeed did have a present for
Harry. 

So, that's my dusty theory, every year Hedwig shows up
and annoyes the Dursleys until the give her an envelope
just to get rid of her. I believe one year they actually
sent Harry a toothpick.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn