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,,,,,,,,,= =,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,=/ /=,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=/* */=,,,,,,,
,,,,,,=/*& &*/=,,,,,,
,,,,,=/*&# #,,,,# #&*/=,,,,,
,,,,=/*&## #,,,# #,,,# ##&*/=,,,,
,,,=/*&### #,,,# #,,,# ###&*/=,,,
,,=/*&#### #,,,# {roe} deer #,,,# ####&*/=,,
,,,=/*&### #,,,# #,,,# ###&*/=,,,
,,,,=/*&## #,,,# #,,,# ##&*/=,,,,
,,,,,=/*&# #,,,,# #&*/=,,,,,
,,,,,,=/*& &*/=,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=/* */=,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,=/ [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. ###&*/=,,,
,,=/*&#### ####&*/=,,
,,,=/*&### warmer regions instead ascribe it the ###&*/=,,,
,,,,=/*&## knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or ##&*/=,,,,
,,,,,=/*&# obsession (unblinking eyes, always #&*/=,,,,,
,,,,,,=/*& awake, scrapie-like behavior). &*/=,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=/* */=,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,=/ #,,,# /=,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,= #,,,# / #,,,# =,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, #,,,# ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, 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. ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,= =,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,=/ #,,,# /=,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=/* #,,,# / #,,,# */=,,,,,,,
,,,,,,=/*& #,,,# &*/=,,,,,,
,,,,,=/*&# #&*/=,,,,,
,,,,=/*&## [picture of a deer head. from the far ##&*/=,,,,
,,,=/*&### side, looking the other way. its ###&*/=,,,
,,=/*&#### antlers are bloodied.] ####&*/=,,
,,,=/*&### ###&*/=,,,
,,,,=/*&## ##&*/=,,,,
,,,,,=/*&# #&*/=,,,,,
,,,,,,=/*& &*/=,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=/* */=,,,,,,,