12/13/2023 0 Comments Harry potter magical creatures petsAs he tells Harry on first meeting, "He's useless and he almost never wakes up." But then the plucky little rodent almost immediately saves the boys from a pack of bullies by biting one of them. Ron Weasley, the youngest of six boys in a struggling wizard family, inherited the pet as yet another hand-me-down from an older brother. It is to this witch that Harry's best friend Ron brings his oddly listless pet rat, Scabbers, for treatment in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. And the witch behind the counter offers veterinary advice on all manner of beasts including the care of double-ended newts. The black rats play a skipping game using their tails as rope. There, a gigantic tortoise with a jewel-encrusted shell literally glitters, and that popping noise is the sound of a white rabbit changing into a silk top hat and back again. The alley is also where the young wizards buy their pets at the aptly named "Magical Menagerie." The Magical Tortoise The shopkeeper in Diacon Alley, where Hogwarts' students get their supplies, keeps the "Monster Book of Monsters" in a large iron cage because it has a habit of aggressively snapping. In fact, at Hogwarts' even the textbooks growl. Meanwhile, the books are also populated by humans who can disguise themselves as pets as well as animals that should never, ever be petted. After all, the students at Hogwarts' may be wizards, but they are also children away from home. Not only do they move the story along at critical junctures, the cats, rats, and, yes, even the toads Harry and company curl up with in their dorm beds at night offer the vital companionship and comfort these children so need. Pets play roles both large and small throughout the 1,819 pages that comprise the series so far. Rowling's attention to magical detail in creating an entirely believable fantasy where wizards co-exist with Muggles (non-magical humans) who are blessedly unaware of the existence of the evil Lord Voldemort, a dark wizard who attempted to murder Harry as an infant, leaving a lightning-shaped scar on the boy's head. Much has been made of British author J.K. Rats are also considered permissible pets in the world of boy wizard Harry Potter, star of the children's series that has become a publishing legend and a feature film produced by Warner Bros. Of course, this is a school with a course in "The Care of Magical Creatures" and first-year students receive an advisory alerting them that they may bring "an owl OR a cat OR a toad." But as one young student says: "If I brought a toad, I'd lose it as soon as I could." Only at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry would a professor feel the need to instruct: "But monsters don't make good pets." Pets Play a Big Role in the Harry Potter Series
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