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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.] .-~\*%¤¶@#
@¶¤%*\~-.. ..-~\*%¤¶@
¶¤%*\~-... #...# ...-~\*%¤¶
¤%*\~-.... #...# \ #...# ....-~\*%¤
¶¤%*\~-... #...# ...-~\*%¤¶
@¶¤%*\~-.. ..-~\*%¤¶@
#@¶¤%*\~-. 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.] ....-~\*%¤
¶¤%*\~-... ...-~\*%¤¶
@¶¤%*\~-.. ..-~\*%¤¶@
#@¶¤%*\~-. .-~\*%¤¶@#
@¶¤%*\~-.. ..-~\*%¤¶@
¶¤%*\~-... ...-~\*%¤¶