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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. @=†=,,,,,,
,,,,,-†=@@ @@=†-,,,,,
,-=†=¤@¶## 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. #¶¤¤¤=†=-,
,-=†=¤@¶## ##¶@¤=†=-,
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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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