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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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,,-*^&#### 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. ####&^*-,,
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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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