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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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#@@§$§*~~¨ the deer is a cross between a horse and ¨~~*§$§@@#
@$$§*~~¨¨¨ a dog. it bears a resemblance to a ¨¨¨~~*§$$@
#@@§$§*~~¨ young salix tree, and has a ¨~~*§$§@@#
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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. ¨¨~~~*§§§@
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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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