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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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