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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.     @$%^~:....
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......:~^% the horns of a deer  is  called antlers. %^~:......
.......:~^ they have a complex  fractal shape,  and ^~:.......
......:~^% are  believed  to  enable  the  deer  to %^~:......
.....:~^%$ "fold" through passages  which should be $%^~:.....
....:~^%$@ too narrow for  them.  antlers from dead @$%^~:....
...:~^%$@# deer   seem    to   lose   this   power. #@$%^~:...
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.:~^%$@#@# 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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