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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.] ##¶¤$†;~-.
..-~;†$¤¶# #¶¤$†;~-..
...-~;†$¤¶ #...# ¶¤$†;~-...
....-~;†$¤ #...# ; #...# ¤$†;~-....
.....-~;†$ #...# $†;~-.....
......-~;† †;~-......
.......-~; in the north, the deer is often used as ;~-.......
........-~ a symbol for the forest's agency, or ~-........
.......-~; its self-knowledge. watching eyes. ;~-.......
......-~;† †;~-......
.....-~;†$ warmer regions instead ascribe it the $†;~-.....
....-~;†$¤ knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or ¤$†;~-....
...-~;†$¤¶ obsession (unblinking eyes, always ¶¤$†;~-...
..-~;†$¤¶# awake, scrapie-like behavior). #¶¤$†;~-..
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.-~;†$¤¶## #...# ; #...# ##¶¤$†;~-.
..-~;†$¤¶# #...# #¶¤$†;~-..
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....-~;†$¤ 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. #¶¤$†;~-..
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-~;†$¤¶### 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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