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From: reh@aplvax.UUCP (Ron E. Hall)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Name the ferret!!
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Date: Thu, 10-Oct-85 10:40:01 EDT
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> > I just got a ferret, and I need a name for him.
> 
> I seem to remember a story by someone called Saki or Sake
> or something that scared the s*** out of me as a kid. It
> was about a boy and his pet ferret. If anyone can remember
> the name of this story, this might supply an appropriate name
> for your beast.
> 
> Isaac Dimitrovsky

The name of the animal was Shredni Vashtar, and
no,  I have no idea why this springs instantly to mind
after thirty years except it's a pretty powerful story
about a child getting even with a cruel adult who
wouldn't listen to him.

					Ron Hall
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