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A Harry potter question (spoilers)

RondackHikerRondackHiker member
edited July 2014 in Parenting
Sorry, MBK!

I just started the amazon unlimited and of course the first book I open is Harry potter.

Why have I never wondered who cared for Harry that day? His parents died at night and he's brought to the Dursley's the next night, late enough that everyone is asleep. That's 24 hours.

Plus they left Harry on the doorstep. At night. In November. He wasn't even 18 months. How did they think THAT was an okay plan?

Edit: forgot my question

Does any book state who cared for him for that 24 hour period?


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Re: A Harry potter question (spoilers)

  • MintBerryCrunchMintBerryCrunch member
    I assumed Hagrid had him for the day as he said he got him out of the rubble before muggles got there, so it must have been pretty soon after the attack the night before. I know Dumbledore and McGonagall didn't stay to watch him as it says they left. He had blankets so I guess they bundled him pretty well. Luckily, Harry slept the whole time. He was 15 months old so he totally could have escaped. Lol that would have made for a pretty short story though.
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  • rin89rin89 member
    I think it's a combination of Hagrid getting him earlier than it's explicitly stated and the spoiler that had been previously mentioned. 

    And if it doesn't all add up, then I just chalk it up to one of those things that requires you to use your suspension of disbelief.


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  • RondackHikerRondackHiker member
    Thanks all! I'd forgotten about the other person who was there and I know that she needed that day to set up who the Dursley's were, but that day seemed to jump out at me this time. I mean, 15 month olds need a lot of care and are busy and I'm sure after a scare and bad sleep and being in a strange place with people he doesn't know well... He was likely a handful.


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  • Muffins_MomMuffins_Mom member
    @Bookworm: I think the only place you can get the books electronically is on the Pottermore website. I don't want you to get Amazon Unlimited and then be disappointed if you can't read HP books from there. I may be wrong tho.
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  • rosesandpetalsrosesandpetals member
    edited July 2014
    mrspadfoot said:
    Don't read the timeline unles you've finished EVERY book. The only problem with that timeline (in the timeframe we are discussing) is that it doesn't have the person I was talking about at the scene after the Potters are killed. It was made very clear at the end of that person's collected memory after death. Seeing said person sob at the one body was very emotional.
    I know who you're talking about, and that link really glosses over their part in all things that are involved in that day.
    That wasn't in the books, though. That was only in the movie. eta: That the person went to the house. Obviously the person was involved in other ways.
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  • rosesandpetalsrosesandpetals member
    Muffins_Mom said:
    @Bookworm: I think the only place you can get the books electronically is on the Pottermore website. I don't want you to get Amazon Unlimited and then be disappointed if you can't read HP books from there. I may be wrong tho.
    If you own a kindle and have amazon prime, you can read them for free (even without Unlimited). Just use the Kindle Owner's Lending Library.
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  • RondackHikerRondackHiker member
    Muffins_Mom said:

    @Bookworm: I think the only place you can get the books electronically is on the Pottermore website. I don't want you to get Amazon Unlimited and then be disappointed if you can't read HP books from there. I may be wrong tho.

    I'm reading Harry potter on amazon unlimited right now.


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  • pepperedmothpepperedmoth member
    Aaaaahhhh can someone pop a spoiler warning on it and tell me who this person is!? I have read all the books but I don't remember this from the movie AT ALL.
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  • ravenclaw1ravenclaw1 member
    pepperedmoth said:

    Aaaaahhhh can someone pop a spoiler warning on it and tell me who this person is!? I have read all the books but I don't remember this from the movie AT ALL.

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    Thank you!!!! That makes so much sense in a heartbreaking way......
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