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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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#@&$=:»:.. #...# : #...# ..:»:=$&@#
##@&$=:»:. #...# .:»:=$&@##
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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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#@&$=:»:.. the deer is a cross between a horse and ..:»:=$&@#
##@&$=:»:. a dog. it bears a resemblance to a .:»:=$&@##
#@&$=:»:.. young salix tree, and has a ..:»:=$&@#
@&$=:»:... sweet-smelling nose, like honey. ...:»:=$&@
&$=:»:.... ....:»:=$&
$=:»:..... the horns of a deer is called antlers. .....:»:=$
=:»:...... 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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