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...&..&... ..........
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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.] .&&&&&&&..
.&&..&&... ..&&&&&...
........&& #...# &..&&&..&&
.&&&&&&..& #...# ^ #...# ....&.....
..&&&&.... #...# &&&...&&&&
...&&..&&& &&..&..&&.
&&......&& 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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&&&..&..&& &&&&....&&
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