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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.] #§§§§==~,,
,,~==§##@# #@##§==~,,
,,~====§## #,,,# ##§====~,,
,,~==§##@@ #,,,# = #,,,# @@##§==~,,
,,,,,==§#@ #,,,# @#§==,,,,,
,,,,,=§##@ @##§=,,,,,
,,~==§#### 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). #§=~~,,,,,
,,,,,~~=#@ @#=~~,,,,,
,,,,~==§#@ #,,,# @#§==~,,,,
,,,,,,=§#@ #,,,# = #,,,# @#§=,,,,,,
,,~==§##@# #,,,# #@##§==~,,
,,,,,,~~=# #=~~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~=§# 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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,,~==§##@# #@##§==~,,
,,,,,==§#@ @#§==,,,,,
,,~==§#### ####§==~,,