,,,,,=*&¶@ @¶&*=,,,,,
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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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,~=^*&¤¶@# #@¶¤&*^=~,
,,,,~=^&&¤ ¤&&^=~,,,,