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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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...~†$%&@#                  #...#                   #@&%$†~...
....~†$%&@              #...# † #...#               @&%$†~....
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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).      @&%$†~....
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......~†$%                  #...#                   %$†~......
.......~†$              #...# † #...#               $†~.......
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....~†$%&@ 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.              %$†~......
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...~†$%&@#              #...# † #...#               #@&%$†~...
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....~†$%&@ [picture  of  a  deer head. from the far @&%$†~....
.....~†$%& side,   looking  the   other  way.   its &%$†~.....
......~†$%          antlers are bloodied.]          %$†~......
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