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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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@#*^~.,,,, ,,,,.~^*#@
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