Harry has always been fascinated obsessed by stones, it was the first of his unique personality traits that he developed.
On any given evening we’ll find a minimum of three stones deposited on the rug in the front room. We have no idea where he gets them from, or how he gets them in there without us noticing. Harry has become very wily when it comes to his stones – he’s learnt how to carry them in his mouth with his jaws clamped shut, occasionally there’ll be a giveaway lump sticking out the side of his mouth, but most of the time he gets them past us.
Another one of Harry’s personality traits is stubbornness. He just doesn’t know when to give up, and he was certainly not going to give up with this stone. He wanted it and he wanted it really badly. His dogged determination was astonishing, he tried every which way to pick it up but it was just too big, even for him.