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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). ....,~\=§¶
§=\~,..... .....,~\=§
=\~,...... #...# ......,~\=
\~,....... #...# \ #...# .......,~\
~,........ #...# ........,~
,......... .........,
.......... 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.] ......,~\=
§=\~,..... .....,~\=§
¶§=\~,.... ....,~\=§¶
@¶§=\~,... ...,~\=§¶@
#@¶§=\~,.. ..,~\=§¶@#
##@¶§=\~,. .,~\=§¶@##