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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. ¨¨¨:==%*@¶
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##¶@*%==:¨ 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. ¨¨¨:==%*@¶
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨:==%
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=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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==:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ side, looking the other way. its ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:==
=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ antlers are bloodied.] ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=
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