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@@@*~~¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨~~*@@@
#@@@&*;~~¨ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¨~~;*&@@@#
@@@*~~¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨~~*@@@
@&;~¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# {roe} deer #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨~;&@
@@****;~~¨ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¨~~;****@@
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##@@@&;~~¨ #¨¨¨¨# ¨~~;&@@@##
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨~;*@@
@&*;~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~;*&@
@@&;~~¨¨¨¨ 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.] ¨~~;*&@@@@
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