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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.] **~^,,,,,,
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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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,,,,,,,,,^ [picture of a deer head. from the far ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, side, looking the other way. its ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, antlers are bloodied.] ,,,,,,,,,,
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