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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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,.~*=$¤¤¤¤ #,,,# ¤¤¤¤$=*~.,
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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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