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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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