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##%%$$:-~, ,~-:$$%%##
####%$:-~, #,,,,# ,~-:$%####
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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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#%%$:~~,,, #,,,# ,,,~~:$%%#
#####%:-~, #,,,# : #,,,# ,~-:%#####
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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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####%$:-~, the horns of a deer is called antlers. ,~-:$%####
####%$:-~, they have a complex fractal shape, and ,~-:$%####
##$$-,,,,, are believed to enable the deer to ,,,,,-$$##
####%$:-~, "fold" through passages which should be ,~-:$%####
####%$:-~, too narrow for them. antlers from dead ,~-:$%####
##$$:-~~,, deer seem to lose this power. ,,~~-:$$##
####%$:-~, ,~-:$%####
####%$:-~, a deer's heart has two chambers, where ,~-:$%####
####%$:-~, it stores all the secrets it might see ,~-:$%####
####%$:-~, during the course of it's life. with ,~-:$%####
#####%$:-, age the secrets will harden into a ,-:$%#####
#%%$---~,, caramellized structure, which will ,,~---$%%#
##%:~~~~,, eventually block the flow of blood, and ,,~~~~:%##
####%$:-~, kill the deer. ,~-:$%####
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###%$$:-~, #,,,# : #,,,# ,~-:$$%###
###%:~~,,, #,,,# ,,,~~:%###
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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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###$:::-~, ,~-:::$###
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