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