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¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨                 :  :                     ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§§
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§§§§§§§¨¨¨     £ THE WATER CRAWLS TOWARD US, £      ¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§
§§§§§§¨¨§§     £         SERPENTINE.         £      §§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨      IT'S A GIRL STINGRAY, GORGEOUS,     ¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§
¨¨§§§§§§§§   COVERED IN WHAT'S LEFT OF HER PREY.    §§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
§¨¨§§§§§§¨   SHE SMILES AT US, FLASHING HER TEETH,  §¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§
¨¨¨¨§§§§¨¨             A RAY OF STINGS.             ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
§§§¨¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§§§¨¨¨¨§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§    A BIT LATER SHE SUMMONS A MINK AND    ¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨§§§§¨¨§          SHOWS US HOW TO GUT IT.         §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§§§§§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§                    ~                     §¨¨§§§§§§§
¨¨§§§§¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§§§§
¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨   YOU HOLD IT FIRMLY IN ONE HAND, BELLY  §§§¨¨§§§§¨
§§¨¨¨¨§§§§  EXPOSED, AND WITH A DAGGER CUT THROUGH  §§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨§§¨¨§§§  THE SKIN STARTING AT THE GUTS, MOVING   §¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§  UP OVER THE RIBCAGE, TOWARDS THE HEAD.  ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§
§¨¨§§§§¨¨§                                          §§§§§¨¨§§§
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨     NEXT YOU CAN JUST STICK YOUR HAND    §§§§¨¨¨¨§§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§§¨    INSIDE, GRAB AND PULL (HOLD THE CUT   §§§¨¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨   DOWNARD AT THIS POINT) AND IT SHOULD   §§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§§§   ALL BE FALLING OUT. FOR STICKY ORGANS  ¨¨¨§§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§§ YOU MIGHT HAVE TO USE THE DAGGER AGAIN.  §§¨¨§§¨¨§§
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§§§§  THEN WASH THE MINK IN RUNNING WATER OR  §§§§§§§§§§
¨§§¨¨§§§§§          SNOW. AND YOU'RE DONE!          §§§§§§§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§                                          §§§§§§§§¨¨
§§§§§¨¨§§§                                          ¨§§§§§§¨¨§
§§§§¨¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨§§§§¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨¨§§¨¨§                                          §¨¨§§¨¨§§¨
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