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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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