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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. :.........
........:- -:........
.......:-: #...# :-:.......
......:-:= #...# : #...# =:-:......
.....:-:=§ #...# §=:-:.....
....:-:=§¶ ¶§=:-:....
...:-:=§¶@ [picture of a deer head. from the far @¶§=:-:...
..:-:=§¶@# side, looking the other way. its #@¶§=:-:..
.:-:=§¶@## antlers are bloodied.] ##@¶§=:-:.
..:-:=§¶@# #@¶§=:-:..
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