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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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