Hagrid looked down at his umbrella and scratched his beard. 'Shouldn'ta lost me temper, ' he said ruefully, 'but it didn't work anyway. Meant ter turn him into a pig, but I suppose he was so much like a pig anyway there wasn't much left ter do.

J.k. Rowling
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Hagrid lost his temper and was unable to change the outcome of the situation. Instead, he made matters worse. He was not able to turn Mr. Padfoot into a pig, but he did manage to destroy the entire pigpen.

If he had been able to control his temper, Mr. Padfoot may have been a cute little piglet rather than a large, nasty boar hog. Perhaps Hagrid learned a lesson from this experience and will not lose his temper in the future.

Source: Harry Potter And The Sorcerers Stone

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