CHAPDISC: PS/SS 1, The Boy Who Lived

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 187699

Alla: 
> But that leads me to an aside question about this sentence.  Here is the whole sentence :
> 
> "One small hand closed on the letter beside him and he slept on, not knowing that he was special, not knowing he would be woken in a few hours' time by Mrs. Dudley's scream as she opened the front door to put out the milk bottles, not that he would spend the next few weeks being prodded and pinched by his cousin Dudley..." - p.17
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> Alla:
> So the question is, was it just a baby grabbing a new piece of paper to play with or was it Harry recognizing Dumbledore's magical signature or something like that as something familiar to hold on to?
> 
> I mean he is grabbing it while he is asleep.

Potioncat:
Just to nitpick here--because we don't get much opportunity any more--the baby isn't grabbing the letter. The wording is, "...one small hand closed on the letter..."

I think it's a child just holding onto something that's beside him. Perhaps Harry was used to going to sleep with a small toy or blanket. Maybe he was dreaming about the picture of himself on the broom.  ;-)