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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. #%^:«-,,,,
,,,-«:^%## ##%^:«-,,,
,,-«:^%### 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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,,,-«:^%## [picture of a deer head. from the far ##%^:«-,,,
,,,,-«:^%# side, looking the other way. its #%^:«-,,,,
,,,,,-«:^% antlers are bloodied.] %^:«-,,,,,
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