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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. ¨,~^*@####
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##@*^~,¨¨¨ warmer regions instead ascribe it the ¨¨¨,~^*@##
#@*^~,¨¨¨¨ knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or ¨¨¨¨,~^*@#
@*^~,¨¨¨¨¨ obsession (unblinking eyes, always ¨¨¨¨¨,~^*@
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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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