"Flying" Hagrid and "Home Stretch" reread

serenadust jmmears at comcast.net
Tue Feb 6 04:16:44 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 164663

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at ...> 
wrote:

> 
> Today is Day 5 in my reread, and in PS/SS Ch. 5, "Diagon Alley", I
> found something odd -- As they leave for London, Hagrid explains
> to Harry that he "flew" to the Rock.  But how??  There's no sign of
> Buckbeak, and I'm sure somewhere Hagrid says he's too big to mount a
> broom.  So what does he mean??  Is it possible that there's a
> Thestral there that Harry of course doesn't see?  Or did Hagrid 
simply
> apparate to the Rock (since he seems to disapparate at the end of 
the
> chapter)?
> 
> Any thoughts?


Hi David; you've driven me out of lurkdom to post one of my personal 
favorite (pointless) theories.

I've always liked to think that when Hagrid replied to Harry's asking 
how he got to the Rock, Harry thinks he says "Flew" but in fact he 
said, "Floo".

Of course this requires that there be another fireplace on the tiny 
island, but canon doesn't entirely rule this out, does it?

Anyway, I like to think that this episode is one of JKR's sly little 
jokes, purely for her own enjoyment (well, and mine :-D).

Jo S., who doesn't think that this is one of the questions likely to 
be answered in DH.






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