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,,:-**§§## #,,,,# ##§§**-:,,
,,,:-**§§# #,,,# #,,,# #§§**-:,,,
,,,,:-**§§ #,,,# #,,,# §§**-:,,,,
,,,,,:-**§ #,,,# {roe} deer #,,,# §**-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-** #,,,# #,,,# **-:,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, [picture of a deer head, in a garland ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, woven of various grasses. ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, the deer has a crown of rowan, and is ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, looking at the viewer.] ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,:-* #,,,# * #,,,# *-:,,,,,,,
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,,,,:-**§§ in the north, the deer is often used as §§**-:,,,,
,,,:-**§§# a symbol for the forest's agency, or #§§**-:,,,
,,:-**§§## its self-knowledge. watching eyes. ##§§**-:,,
,:-**§§### ###§§**-:,
,,:-**§§## warmer regions instead ascribe it the ##§§**-:,,
,,,:-**§§# knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or #§§**-:,,,
,,,,:-**§§ obsession (unblinking eyes, always §§**-:,,,,
,,,,,:-**§ awake, scrapie-like behavior). §**-:,,,,,
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,,,,,,,:-* #,,,# *-:,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, the deer is a cross between a horse and ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, a dog. it bears a resemblance to a ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, young salix tree, and has a ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, sweet-smelling nose, like honey. ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:- the horns of a deer is called antlers. -:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-* they have a complex fractal shape, and *-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:-** are believed to enable the deer to **-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-**§ "fold" through passages which should be §**-:,,,,,
,,,,:-**§§ too narrow for them. antlers from dead §§**-:,,,,
,,,:-**§§# deer seem to lose this power. #§§**-:,,,
,,:-**§§## ##§§**-:,,
,:-**§§### a deer's heart has two chambers, where ###§§**-:,
,,:-**§§## it stores all the secrets it might see ##§§**-:,,
,,,:-**§§# during the course of it's life. with #§§**-:,,,
,,,,:-**§§ age the secrets will harden into a §§**-:,,,,
,,,,,:-**§ caramellized structure, which will §**-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-** eventually block the flow of blood, and **-:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-* kill the deer. *-:,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,: #,,,# :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, #,,,# * #,,,# ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, #,,,# ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, [picture of a deer head. from the far ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, side, looking the other way. its ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: antlers are bloodied.] :,,,,,,,,,
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