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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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