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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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