He was shaped like his cousins, the weazel, the mink, and the skunk.

He was about half as high as Miki, and fully as long, so that his two pairs of short legs seemed somewhat out of place, as on a dachshund.

He probably weighed between eight and ten pounds, had a bullet head, almost no ears, and atrocious whiskers.

Also he had a bushy tail and snapping little eyes that seemed to bore clean through whatever he looked at.

To Miki his accidental presence was a threat and a challenge.