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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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