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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, 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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