Crookshanks WAS: Re: Musing on Buckbeak

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 166245

Alla:

>> Well, yeah. Snape is not going to kill Sirius right 
>> away, after all.  He would much rather deliver him 
>> to dementors to be killed by them.  Harry is more 
>> immediate danger initially, IMO.

colebiancardi:

> well, one could say that Harry was not in immediate 
> danger from Snape in HBP, either. Snape stated that 
> Harry was for the Dark Lord, so Snape wasn't going 
> to kill Harry. Personally, I think Crookshanks is 
> just *smarter* than Buckbeak - hey I love Bucky, but 
> Crookshanks is called very smart by Sirius. 

houyhnhnm:

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With a roar of rage, Black started toward Snape, but 
Snape pointed his wand straight between Black's eyes.

"Give me a reason," he whispered.  "Give me a reason 
to do it and I swear I will." (PoA, Am. Ed. p. 359)
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Appearances would suggest that Sirius was in a lot 
more immediate danger from Snape than Harry was.  
Crookshanks *is* a very smart cat. ;-)