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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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