Hi everyone! For any of you that enjoy reading science fiction and fantasy books I found a great ferret reference in the third book of the Farseer series: Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb. By midway through the third book we've come to thoroughly hate the bad guy in the book: Royal. Royal got rid of his two older brothers in order to steal the crown. And to top it off, he isn't even a good king. Royal also has a prejudice against those with "the wit." The wit is a kind of telepathic power that allows certain individuals to bond with an animal. The hero of the series, Fitz, happens to be bonded with a wolf. Well, midway through the book, Fitz is about to make an assassination attempt on Regal but we know it's a trap. Here comes a ferret to the rescue. The ferret warns Fitz away from the trap. Regal had captured the ferret and his human (whom the ferret thinks of as "big ferret") and killed the human. The human's last request of his ferret was that the ferret warn Fitz and then he wanted the ferret to kill Regal. Fitz gratefully thanks the ferret and avoids the trap but dismisses the possibility that the little ferret could possibly kill Regal. Who do you think kills Regal at the end of the book, the hero Fitz, or the little ferret everyone dismissed as soon as he warned our hero away from the trap. <grin> Amy [log in to unmask] http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/3727/ferret.html [Posted in FML issue 2213]