question about crookshanks

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 185810

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:


> I think you may be right about an animal language that Animagi 
> can speak and understand in their animal form. 
> <SNIP>
> Still, a cat who can use animal language to convey a concept like
> "bloodstains on the sheets"? My ability to suspend disbelief is
> becoming a bit strained.


zanooda:

Maybe it's not exactly a language, but more like mental images? That
would explain "bloodstains" communicated to Sirius :-). Maybe Sirius
used the word "told" just for simplicity's sake.


> Joey wrote:

> There is another question I had. At one point, Sirius
> mentions "Crookshanks, did you call him?" (when he explains 
> his past to HRH in PoA climax). I think none had addressed 
> Crookshanks by his name that night for Sirius to make 
> that remark. If I'm right, what was Sirius talking about then?



I also don't remember anyone calling Crookshanks by his name at the
Shrieking Shack. I think that maybe Sirius heard the name a little
earlier, when HRH (plus Scabbers) were returning from Hagrid's.
Remember how at first Crookshanks approached them, and Hermione tried
to chase him away, and then Sirius/Padfoot attacked Ron? Maybe
Crookshanks and Sirius came to that spot together, so when Hermione
told the cat to go away Sirius was nearby and heard his name. This is
the only explanation I can think of :-). It happened at the beginning
of the "Cat, rat and dog" chapter, IIRC.


zanooda, who had to re-write this post, because it mysteriously
disappeared yesterday