From: tsbrueni@dcn.davis.ca.us   
      
   On Monday, December 29, 2003 at 5:23:50 PM UTC-8, Sirius Kase wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  "Ard Rhi"  wrote:   
   >   
   > > "andrea baker"  wrote in message   
   > > news:10414387.0312281801.7f2396e1@posting.google.com...   
   > > > Why was it that in the 2 years prior to the Prisoner of Azkaban,   
   > > > neither Fred nor George ever noticed someone named Peter Pettigrew   
   > > > following their brother around, when they viewed the Marauders' Map?   
   > > >   
   > > > -Andrea Baker   
   > >   
   > > The obvious answer is likely the most true.   
   > >   
   > > Fred and George had been using the Marauder's map for two years prior to   
   > > Ron's entrance. They themselves claimed to have memorized it when they gave   
   > > it to Harry.   
   > >   
   > > Even if they used it while Ron was in school with them, not only did Ron   
   > > sometimes leave Scabbers behind (thus Scabbers didn't always follow him),   
   > > the odds of them directly looking for Ron are minimal. They used the map to   
   > > avoid professors, Filch, Mrs. Norris, and a couple of others. Even if they   
   > > looked for Ron, what are the odds of them remembering the name Peter   
   > > Pettigrew or linking it to anything other than a friend of Ron's that he   
   was   
   > > travelling with?   
   > >   
   > > Ard Rhi   
   > >   
   > >   
   >   
   > And if you grant the map some intelligence, it only shows the user what   
   > he needs to know at the time.  That's why Harry only sees himself after   
   > Fred and George give him the map.  F&G never needed to see Ron or   
   > Scabbers.  They may have needed to see Percy when he was Scabber's   
   > master, but even then, they didn't need to see Scabbers.   
      
   At one point, the Map DID show Harry Peter.  Why did the Map decide to show   
   Peter that one time?   
      
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