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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. #¤§§§*^~~¨
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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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