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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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####§$=~., the deer is a cross between a horse and ,.~=$§####
##$~~.,,,, a dog. it bears a resemblance to a ,,,,.~~$##
####§$=~., young salix tree, and has a ,.~=$§####
####§$=~., sweet-smelling nose, like honey. ,.~=$§####
#§§$$~,,,, ,,,,~$$§§#
##§§$$=~., the horns of a deer is called antlers. ,.~=$$§§##
#§§=~.,,,, 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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