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,.~^$$¤¶¶¶ #,,,# {roe} deer #,,,# ¶¶¶¤$$^~.,
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,,,.~~~$$¶ woven of various grasses. ¶$$~~~.,,,
,,,..~$$¤¤ the deer has a crown of rowan, and is ¤¤$$~..,,,
,,,,,.^$¶@ looking at the viewer.] @¶$^.,,,,,
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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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,.~^$$¤¶@# knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or #@¶¤$$^~.,
,,...^$$$¶ obsession (unblinking eyes, always ¶$$$^...,,
,,,,.~^$¤¤ awake, scrapie-like behavior). ¤¤$^~.,,,,
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,.~^^$$¤¶¶ a dog. it bears a resemblance to a ¶¶¤$$^^~.,
,,,,,.^$¶¶ young salix tree, and has a ¶¶$^.,,,,,
,.~^$$¤¶@# sweet-smelling nose, like honey. #@¶¤$$^~.,
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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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