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...==†*&##     .. FERRETS                           ##&*†==...
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...==†*&##  YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF ##&*†==...
..==†*&###     YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE.    ###&*†==..
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..==†*&###             BACKBONE ANIMALS.            ###&*†==..
...==†*&##        CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED.         ##&*†==...
..==†*&###       COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS.       ###&*†==..
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..==†*&### ............... 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   ##&*†==...
..==†*&###   MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY MANY DENIZENS HAVE   ###&*†==..
...==†*&##   THIS AS THEIR MAIN "PET" GOD.          ##&*†==...
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...==†*&## .............. 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.                         ##&*†==...
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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           ##&*†==...
..==†*&###   COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO BIOLOGISTS.      ###&*†==..
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