Aw! Touching! That's the exact reason that I was too afraid to read to even breathe on an HP book until I was 11. Just watching the "scary" trailer on TV in 2000 (or even earlier? Now I feel old and I'm only 14) freaked me out of my pants. Seeing
Fluffy was enough to make me shriek and pretend to stay in the bathroom for a half hour while my parents were watching the TV. But when I was finally convinced to read it, I was amazed and angry at myself for not letting myself enjoy it for longer.