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 Jan 21 2008, 07:14 PM
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Dumbledore, as you know, left Harry on the Dursley's doorstep for Petunia to find that morning. Did he put a spell on Harry to keep him there? And to keep him safe? At 15 months old, Harry would have been walking - if he waked during the night, he could have wandered off. There were also the neighbour's cats or dogs who would want to investigate an unusual bundle (unless they were tied up or kept inside for the night).
Did Hagrid feed and/or change Harry before bringing him to Privet Drive? If not, Harry would definately have woken before morning.
I know that I should have thought of this years ago when I first read PS, but my excuse is that I had forgotten how adventurous a 15-m-old can be. Having just re-read PS (for the umpteenth time), and spent the day with my 16-m-old granddaughter, I started to worry about how far she could wander if left alone for more than thirty seconds.
We all know that Harry is adventurous, please tell me that Dumbledore put spells around Harry to keep him safe while on the doorstep.
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Jan 21 2008, 10:47 PM
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Imo, Alysaw is 100% correct. Mrs. Figg must have been living on Privet for some time. She would have been a natural to keep an eye on Harry, not just for the few hours before the Dursleys found Harry, but over the years. She was a "perfect" baby sitter; and with more on the ball than first appears. Excelent OP, MaggieAnn!
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Jan 22 2008, 03:50 PM
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Firebolt-Polisher at Quality Quidditch Supplies
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Thank you everyone. I had forgotten Mrs Figg, as she is not mentioned that early in the books, and although I originally thought that Prof. McGonagall had stayed overnight in her transfigured form, the text reads: "..... and the twelve balls of light sped back to their street lamps so that Privet Drive glowed suddenly orange and he (Dumbledore) could make out a tabby cat slinking around the corner at the other end of the street." To me, this implied the she had left, but you are correct, they are responsible wizards and would not leave a baby alone.
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Jan 22 2008, 07:14 PM
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QUOTE(peachy @ Jan 22 2008, 11:42 PM)  but why didnt dumbledore just knock on the door and explain? I think he wanted to make it more difficult for Petunia to refuse to take Harry in, I have the feeling that had Dumbledore handed Harry over to Petunia, Petunia would hand him straight back, but if Petunia has to, say, write back to Dumbledore to collect Harry, that gives her longer to think about it and see the merits in Dumbledore's reasoning.
But there would be some protection on Harry on the doorstep - we know Dumbledore placed the Privet Drive protection charm on Harry, so he could have added more short term protections at the same time, but it may be that Harry's Privet Drive protection comes into force provisionally until Petunia makes a decision whether to keep Harry or not, and that would also protect Harry from at least some dangers.
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Jan 22 2008, 10:00 PM
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well im not completely certain but im pretty sure that dd put plenty of charms and such on harry to keep him safe other wise why go through all the trouble of taking him there to PROTECT him anyway do you really think he would verlook something like that, that could ruin the whole plan, i think not. im almost 100% sure that he put charms and such to keep him safe dont worry that is all over with anyway lol. 
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