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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). ¶¤$=:-.,,,
,,,,.-:=$¤ ¤$=:-.,,,,
,,,,,.-:=$ #,,,# $=:-.,,,,,
,,,,,,.-:= #,,,# : #,,,# =:-.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.-: #,,,# :-.,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,. the deer is a cross between a horse and .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, a dog. it bears a resemblance to a ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, young salix tree, and has a ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, sweet-smelling nose, like honey. ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,.- the horns of a deer is called antlers. -.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.-: they have a complex fractal shape, and :-.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,.-:= are believed to enable the deer to =:-.,,,,,,
,,,,,.-:=$ "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 $=:-.,,,,,
,,,,,,.-:= eventually block the flow of blood, and =:-.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.-: kill the deer. :-.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.- -.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,. #,,,# .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, #,,,# : #,,,# ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, #,,,# ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,. [picture of a deer head. from the far .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.- side, looking the other way. its -.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.-: antlers are bloodied.] :-.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,.-:= =:-.,,,,,,
,,,,,.-:=$ $=:-.,,,,,
,,,,.-:=$¤ ¤$=:-.,,,,
,,,.-:=$¤¶ ¶¤$=:-.,,,
,,.-:=$¤¶# #¶¤$=:-.,,