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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. @.@.@@.@.@
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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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