Random Questions....SS

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 182613

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tandra" <tkjones9 at ...> wrote:

> 2) Why is there no sort of ruckus when Hagrid does magic in the hut?
> He gives Dudley a tail and makes a fire. Why was that not noticed by
> the ministry? 


zanooda:

Hagrid was allowed to do magic on this occasion. He says: "I'm - er - 
not supposed ter do magic, strictly speakin'. I was allowed to do a 
bit ter follow yeh an' get yer letters to yeh an' stuff - one o' the 
reasons I was so keen ter take on the job - " (p.59 Am.ed.).


> Tandra wrote:

> And in keeping with that question....why didn't Lilly
> get in trouble when she came home and turned teacups into gerbils or
> w/e it was Petunia said.


zanooda:

Into rats :-)! I really don't know about this. Maybe Lily only did it 
once, then she got a letter from the MoM (like Harry did in CoS), and 
never did it again? Or maybe the MoM was not much interested in 
underage troublemakers back then, with the war on their hands and all 
that :-).