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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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##@¤%*/~^¨ #¨¨¨# ¨^~/*%¤@##
###@¤%*/~¨ #¨¨¨# / #¨¨¨# ¨~/*%¤@###
##@¤%*/~^¨ #¨¨¨# ¨^~/*%¤@##
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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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