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£%=~~~^... YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE. ...^~~~=%£
#@£§%†=~^. .^~=†%§£@#
#@£§%†=~^. BACKBONE ANIMALS. .^~=†%§£@#
#@£§%†=~^. CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED. .^~=†%§£@#
@£§†=~~~^. COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS. .^~~~=†§£@
#@£§%†=~^. .^~=†%§£@#
§†~~~^.... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE MINK ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ....^~~~†§
#@£§%†=~^. ^ ^ .^~=†%§£@#
@££§%†=~^. ^ MINKS, ALSO CALLED THE SNOW FERRETS, ^ .^~=†%§££@
##@£%†=~^. . MAKE UP THE "WANDERING FOOD SUPPLY" . .^~=†%£@##
£§§%%†=~^. . USED BY THE SHAMANS AND UNDERLINGS . .^~=†%%§§£
§†~~^^.... OF KIRUGU VARGIR. WHEN CALLED UPON, ....^^~~†§
£§%%%†=~^. THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES, AND CAN BE .^~=†%%%§£
##@§%†=~^. CAUGHT. .^~=†%§@##
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§%==^..... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE MARTEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .....^==%§
##@§%†=~^. ^ ^ .^~=†%§@##
£§%†===~^. ^ THE MARTEN IS THE SNEAKIER ONE HERE, ^ .^~===†%§£
#@£§%†=~^. . OFTEN USED FOR SPYING, OR STEALING. . .^~=†%§£@#
§§§§%†=~^. . IN THE OLDER TALES ABOUT VIDMI, . .^~=†%§§§§
£§%††=^^^. THESE ARE PROBS THE FERRETS THAT SHE .^^^=††%§£
@@£§%†=~^. WAS SAID TO CONTROL. THIS CONNECTION .^~=†%§£@@
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#@£§%†=~^. THIS AS THEIR MAIN "PET" GOD. .^~=†%§£@#
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#@£§%†=~^. ^ THE LUSHER ONE IN THE FAMILY IS THE ^ .^~=†%§£@#
#@£§%†=~^. . ERMINE. USED AS BEDWARMERS, OR . .^~=†%§£@#
@§%†=~~... . HARVESTED FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL FUR, . ...~~=†%§@
§§†=~~.... THE WHITE COAT, VERY PRETTY, ....~~=†§§
##@£%†=~^. ALTHOUGH RARE. .^~=†%£@##
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§%††~^^^^. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE MEWN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .^^^^~††%§
§%††~~^... ^ ^ ...^~~††%§
@§§§%†=~^. . ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE IN KIRUGU . .^~=†%§§§@
§%†=^..... . LORE, THE OTTER FERRET? IT GOES IN . .....^=†%§
§%†=^..... RIVERS. THERE ARE A LOT OF FERRETS, .....^=†%§
§%==^^.... BUT FOR SOME REASON, THIS OTTER ONE ....^^==%§
£££§%†=~^. IS HARDLY EVER SEEN. IT MIGHT BE .^~=†%§£££
##@£§†=~^. THAT IT IS UNBOUND...? .^~=†§£@##
££%=~^^... LOCALS USE IT FOR SPORT FISHING. ...^^~=%££
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§§†=~~.... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE HUSKY ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ....~~=†§§
##@£§%=~^. ^ ^ .^~=%§£@##
@§%†~^.... . THE HUSKY MAY SEEM LIKE A DOG, BUT . ....^~†%§@
§§†~...... . IT IS ACTUALLY A KIND OF FERRET. . ......~†§§
##@§%†=~^. THIS MAKES IT THE LARGEST OF THE .^~=†%§@##
§%%=^^^... PHYLUM, AND IT'S THE MOST RECENTLY ...^^^=%%§
££%====~^. EVOLVED AS WELL, BRED FOR USE AS A .^~====%££
§%%%†~~~^. PREDATOR. IT'S MADE MORE DANGEROUS .^~~~†%%%§
#@£§%†=~^. BY THE FACT THAT IT'S ALMOST .^~=†%§£@#
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