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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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@§***^»^.. side, looking the other way. its ..^»^***§@
@§§§%*^»^. antlers are bloodied.] .^»^*%§§§@
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