From: tsbrueni@dcn.davis.ca.us   
      
   On Monday, December 29, 2003 at 3:47:32 PM UTC-8, 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?   
      
   I would have expected Fred and George to quite naturally check up on Ron,   
   since he's their BROTHER!   
      
   Wouldn't they have learned about Peter Pettigrew in their history classes?    
   Wouldn't they have learned about Peter when Sirius Black's rampage began, and   
   the teachers told everyone WHY Sirius Black had to be recaptured?   
      
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