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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.          ,,,,,^«††*
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*††«^,,,,,  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.  ,,^«††*&¶#
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#¶&*††«^,,     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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