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From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken)
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Subject: Re: Name the ferret!!
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Date: Fri, 11-Oct-85 07:44:17 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.

Saki (Hector Hugo Munro; do you blame him for changing his name? :-)
wrote Sredni Vashtar, about a boy who worshiped his pet ferret.  His
aunt didn't like that (they boy was terminally ill, and needed alot
of care), and tried to get rid of the ferret.  Instead, the ferret
got rid of the aunt.

Sredni Vashtar went forth,
His jaws were red, his teeth were white,
His enemies called for peace, but he gave them death!
Sredni Vashtar the beautiful!  (or somethinglike that)

A very good story by my favourite writer.
-- 
James C. Armstrong, Jnr.	{ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa

I'll keep an eye on the old man, he seems to have a knack for getting
himself into trouble!

-who said it, what story?