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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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