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,:~;**§¶## #,,,# #,,,# ##¶§**;~:,
,:~;**§¶## #,,,# #,,,# ##¶§**;~:,
,,,,:;***§ #,,,# {roe} deer #,,,# §***;:,,,,
,:~;**§¶## #,,,# #,,,# ##¶§**;~:,
,,:~;;***§ #,,,# #,,,# §***;;~:,,
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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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,,,,~;;;*§ §*;;;~,,,,
,,,::~**§# 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. #¶¶§**;~:,
,:~;**§¶¶# #¶¶§**;~:,
,,,,,,~**§ #,,,# §**~,,,,,,
,:~;**§¶## #,,,# ; #,,,# ##¶§**;~:,
,:~;**§¶## #,,,# ##¶§**;~:,
,:~;**§¶## ##¶§**;~:,
,:~;**§¶## [picture of a deer head. from the far ##¶§**;~:,
,,,:~***§§ side, looking the other way. its §§***~:,,,
,,,::~*§§¶ antlers are bloodied.] ¶§§*~::,,,
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