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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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