,.~^*$£###                                          ###£$*^~.,
,,.~^*$£##                                          ##£$*^~.,,
,,,.~^*$£#                                          #£$*^~.,,,
,,,,.~^*$£                                          £$*^~.,,,,
,,,,,.~^*$                                          $*^~.,,,,,
,,,,,,.~^*     ,, FERRETS                           *^~.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~^                                          ^~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,.~^* ,,,...~^^^*$$$&£££####£££&$$$*^^^~...,,, *^~.,,,,,,
,,,,,.~^*$                                          $*^~.,,,,,
,,,,.~^*$£ YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF  £$*^~.,,,,
,,,.~^*$£#     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.                                ##£$*^~.,,
,.~^*$£###                                          ###£$*^~.,
,,.~^*$£## .............. THE MARTEN .............. ##£$*^~.,,
,,,.~^*$£# .                                      . #£$*^~.,,,
,,,,.~^*$£ . THE MARTEN IS THE SNEAKIER ONE HERE, . £$*^~.,,,,
,,,,,.~^*$ , OFTEN USED FOR SPYING, OR STEALING.  , $*^~.,,,,,
,,,,,,.~^* , IN THE OLDER TALES ABOUT VIDMI,      , *^~.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~^   THESE ARE PROBS THE FERRETS THAT SHE   ^~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,.~^*   WAS SAID TO CONTROL. THIS CONNECTION   *^~.,,,,,,
,,,,,.~^*$   MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY MANY DENIZENS HAVE   $*^~.,,,,,
,,,,.~^*$£   THIS AS THEIR MAIN "PET" GOD.          £$*^~.,,,,
,,,.~^*$£#                                          #£$*^~.,,,
,,.~^*$£## .............. THE ERMINE .............. ##£$*^~.,,
,.~^*$£### .                                      . ###£$*^~.,
,,.~^*$£## . THE LUSHER ONE IN THE FAMILY IS THE  . ##£$*^~.,,
,,,.~^*$£# , ERMINE. USED AS BEDWARMERS, OR       , #£$*^~.,,,
,,,,.~^*$£ , HARVESTED FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL FUR,   , £$*^~.,,,,
,,,,,.~^*$   THE WHITE COAT, VERY PRETTY,           $*^~.,,,,,
,,,,,,.~^*   ALTHOUGH RARE.                         *^~.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~^                                          ^~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,.~^* ............... THE MEWN ............... *^~.,,,,,,
,,,,,.~^*$ .                                      . $*^~.,,,,,
,,,,.~^*$£ , 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.       £$*^~.,,,,
,,,,,.~^*$                                          $*^~.,,,,,
,,,,,,.~^* ............... THE HUSKY .............. *^~.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~^ .                                      . ^~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,.~^* , THE HUSKY MAY SEEM LIKE A DOG, BUT   , *^~.,,,,,,
,,,,,.~^*$ , 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           ##£$*^~.,,
,,,.~^*$£#   COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO BIOLOGISTS.      #£$*^~.,,,
,,,,.~^*$£                                          £$*^~.,,,,
,,,,,.~^*$                                          $*^~.,,,,,
,,,,,,.~^*                                          *^~.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~^                                          ^~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,.~^*                                          *^~.,,,,,,