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@%//,¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨,//%@
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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. ¨,~/†@@###
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨~~/%@
@@†/,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,/†@@
##@@%†/~,¨ 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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@@†//,¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨,//†@@
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@%††††/~,¨ #¨¨¨# ¨,~/††††%@
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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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