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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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,,,,,,-~\= =\~-,,,,,,
,,,,,-~\=% 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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,,,,,,,,,, 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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,,,,,,,,-~ [picture of a deer head. from the far ~-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~\ side, looking the other way. its \~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-~\= antlers are bloodied.] =\~-,,,,,,
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