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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). ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~
~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# : #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~
~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# : #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ [picture of a deer head. from the far ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ side, looking the other way. its ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ antlers are bloodied.] ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~
~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~
:~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~:
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