One more amulet generator, for the road...

  #!/bin/bash
  COUNT=1
  while true ; do
    COUNT=$((COUNT+1))
    SHA=`echo "I adopted $COUNT puppies." | sha256sum | egrep 8888`
    if [ "$SHA" != "" ] ; then
      echo "$SHA I adopted $COUNT puppies."
    fi
  done

Sample output:

  4f3e14ded07eda16a7fb57c42aebf1f97ef67acba4980bf472a8e188887c7726  - I adopted 6484 puppies.
  57c3e9fd05f06a705206d38888b317b5eb596d35c6f308b909a440e2c8e391c8  - I adopted 6627 puppies.
  4624f6bb4c7d3d8328888495c1422a1891b609b81abda3ff4d70bedd1c4f6cdd  - I adopted 12631 puppies.
  9c0be05548139888804d3799ad5729ea424b0487487a6b18803f1aa5746c1904  - I adopted 15663 puppies.
  c60fc3f97f62ee07665325e235faa05fefc445aee7d356a9d81f58888c475147  - I adopted 15861 puppies.

Bonus points if the number of puppies adopted is a palindromic prime. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palindromic_prime