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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 ¨¨¨~»=%@##
###@%=»~¨¨ 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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