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#@¤*=¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# {roe} deer #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨=*¤@#
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@@@¤***=~¨ 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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@*****=¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# * #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨=*****@
¤¤**=~~¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨~~=**¤¤
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~**@
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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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¤******=~¨ #¨¨¨# ¨~=******¤
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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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