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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. ,,~\^%####
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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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