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The Ecology of the Bagelope, by Kel'anth
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When they are alive, they are called Bagelopes, and they have fur. They
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move by rolling like a wheel.
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A dead bagelope, when prepared for eating, is skinned. Then the head is
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removed from the hub of the wheel, then the soft, mushy meat is cooked
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while still inside the shell.
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When the bagelope, now called a "bagle", is done cooking, the shell is
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cracked open and removed. The meat is now rather tough and dry,
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especially on the outside, where it achieves a sort of glazed consistency
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its from the effect of cooking on the material that attaches the shell to the
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meat.
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Depending on what sorts of indigestible materials you feed the bagelope
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while it is alive (bagelopes fail to digest, among other items, cinammon,
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raisins, onions, poppy seeds, and sesame seeds), different materials are
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scattered throughout the meat or the "glazing". This results in different
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flavors of bagel. The amount of "glazing" depends on the individual
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bagelope.
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Once the shell is removed, the bagel is ready for eating.
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An important note: despite the similar shape, it is VERY IMPORTANT not to
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confuse bagels with donuts. Donuts are actually nuts, and in nature they
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grow on dobushes, similar to the way peanuts grow on peanut plants. THey
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have a nearly impenetrable shell, and are very hard, until you cook them,
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which cracks the shell and softens the nutmeat inside. If you harvest
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donuts before the usual season, you get mini-donuts and the balls of
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donut-material called "munchkins".
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All this is really true, and if you ask me nicely, I'll show you my
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Bagelope License, which allows me to go into the Pine Barrens and hunt
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bagelopes, or my other Bagelope License, which allows me to keep a
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bagelope as a pet if I so desire. I don't so desire, though, because my
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last bagelope ate all my white mice, and it never got along with my cat,
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either. And bagelopes are nearly impossible to housebreak. :)
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