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.~~/*$#¶## #...# #...# ##¶#$*/~~.
.~~/*$¶### #...# #...# ###¶$*/~~.
.~~/*$#¶## #...# {roe} deer #...# ##¶#$*/~~.
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.~~/*$#¶## #...# #...# ##¶#$*/~~.
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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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.~~/*$#¶## #...# ##¶#$*/~~.
.~~/*$#¶¶# #...# / #...# #¶¶#$*/~~.
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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 ###¶#*/~~.
.~~/*$#### obsession (unblinking eyes, always ####$*/~~.
......~*$¶ awake, scrapie-like behavior). ¶$*~......
.~~/*$#¶## ##¶#$*/~~.
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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 ¶¶#**/~...
....~*$### sweet-smelling nose, like honey. ###$*~....
.~~/*#¶### ###¶#*/~~.
.~~/*$#¶## the horns of a deer is called antlers. ##¶#$*/~~.
.......~*# 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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