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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. ###£%^;»..
...»;^%£## ##£%^;»...
....»;^%£# 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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