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#@@&%$;»^. .^»;$%&@@#
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##@@&%$»^. .. FERRETS .^»$%&@@##
#@@&%$;»^. .^»;$%&@@#
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&%%$»»»^.. YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF ..^»»»$%%&
@@%;»..... 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...? ....^;%%&&
##@&%$;»^. LOCALS USE IT FOR SPORT FISHING. .^»;$%&@##
@&&%%$;»^. .^»;$%%&&@
&%$$»^.... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE HUSKY ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ....^»$$%&
@%;»^..... ^ ^ .....^»;%@
@&$;;^^... . THE HUSKY MAY SEEM LIKE A DOG, BUT . ...^^;;$&@
#@@&%$;»^. . IT IS ACTUALLY A KIND OF FERRET. . .^»;$%&@@#
#@@&%$;»^. THIS MAKES IT THE LARGEST OF THE .^»;$%&@@#
@&&&%$;»^. PHYLUM, AND IT'S THE MOST RECENTLY .^»;$%&&&@
#@@&%$;»^. EVOLVED AS WELL, BRED FOR USE AS A .^»;$%&@@#
@@@&%$;»^. PREDATOR. IT'S MADE MORE DANGEROUS .^»;$%&@@@
##@&%$;»^. BY THE FACT THAT IT'S ALMOST .^»;$%&@##
##@@&%$;»^ COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO BIOLOGISTS. ^»;$%&@@##
##@@&%$;»^ ^»;$%&@@##
&$;^...... ......^;$&
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