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....^~:*§£          #...# {roe} deer #...#          £§*:~^....
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.^~:*§£@##                  #....#                  ##@£§*:~^.
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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.    ..........
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.........^ 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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