¨¨¨¨¨~\†¤# #¤†\~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨~~~~\&¤# #¤&\~~~~¨¨
¨~~\†&¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤&†\~~¨
¨~~\†&¤### ###¤&†\~~¨
¨~~\†&¤### ###¤&†\~~¨
¨¨¨~\\&& #¨¨¨¨# #&&&\\~¨¨¨
¨¨¨~~\†††¤ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¤†††\~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~†¤## #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ##¤†~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~\†&¤### #¨¨¨# {roe} deer #¨¨¨# ###¤&†\~~¨
¨~~\†&¤### #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ###¤&†\~~¨
¨~~\†&¤### #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ###¤&†\~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~†¤## #¨¨¨¨# ##¤†~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~\†¤ ¤†\~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~\†&¤### ###¤&†\~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~\&¤¤ [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.] #&&†\~~¨¨¨
¨~~\†&¤### ###¤&†\~~¨
¨¨¨~~~††¤¤ #¨¨¨# ¤¤††~~~¨¨¨
¨~~\†&¤### #¨¨¨# \ #¨¨¨# ###¤&†\~~¨
¨~~\†&¤### #¨¨¨# ###¤&†\~~¨
¨~~\†&¤### ###¤&†\~~¨
¨~~\†&¤### 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). ¤††\~~~¨¨¨
¨~~\†&¤### ###¤&†\~~¨
¨¨~~~~††&¤ #¨¨¨# ¤&††~~~~¨¨
¨~~\†&¤### #¨¨¨# \ #¨¨¨# ###¤&†\~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~†&¤ #¨¨¨# ¤&†~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~\& #&&\~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~\†&¤### 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. ¤†\~~~~¨¨¨
¨~~\†&¤### ###¤&†\~~¨
¨~~\†&&¤## #¨¨¨# ##¤&&†\~~¨
¨~~\†&¤### #¨¨¨# \ #¨¨¨# ###¤&†\~~¨
¨~~~\††† #¨¨¨# #&†††\~~~¨
¨~~\†&¤### ###¤&†\~~¨
¨~~\†&¤### [picture of a deer head. from the far ###¤&†\~~¨
¨¨¨~~\\† side, looking the other way. its #&†\\~~¨¨¨
¨~~\†&¤### antlers are bloodied.] ###¤&†\~~¨
¨~~\†&¤### ###¤&†\~~¨
¨~~\†&¤### ###¤&†\~~¨
¨~~\†&¤### ###¤&†\~~¨
¨~~\†&¤¤¤# #¤¤¤&†\~~¨
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