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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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