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&§†-...... #...# {roe} deer #...# ......-†§&
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#@&&†-.... #...# #...# ....-†&&@#
#@&†-..... #....# .....-†&@#
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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. .-~†§&&@##
#@&†-..... .....-†&@#
##@&&§†~-. 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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#&&&&§†~-. .-~†§&&&
##@&&§†~-. [picture of a deer head. from the far .-~†§&&@##
#@&&§††~-. side, looking the other way. its .-~††§&&@#
#&&§§§†~-. antlers are bloodied.] .-~†§§§&
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