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#@**-..... .....-**@#
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##@§*†*~-. #....# .-~*†*§@##
##@§*†*~-. #...# #...# .-~*†*§@##
§§***--... #...# #...# ...--***§§
##@§*†*~-. #...# {roe} deer #...# .-~*†*§@##
#§†~...... #...# #...# ......~†§#
#@§**~-... #...# #...# ...-~**§@#
##@§*†*~-. #....# .-~*†*§@##
§††††*~~-. .-~~*††††§
##@§*†*~-. .-~*†*§@##
§***-..... [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. .-~*†*§§§§
#@***~.... ....~***@#
#@**-..... 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. .-~*†*§@##
##@§*†*~-. .-~*†*§@##
@§*†*--... 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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