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¨,»:%$¤@## ##@¤$%:»,¨
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¨,»:%$¤@## ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨»»%¤ #¨¨¨¨# ¤%»»¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»:%¤@### #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ###@¤%:»,¨
¨,»:%$¤@## #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨,»:%$¤@## #¨¨¨# {roe} deer #¨¨¨# ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨,»:%$¤@## #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨,»:%$¤@## #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨,»:%$¤@## #¨¨¨¨# ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨,»»:%$$@# #@$$%:»»,¨
¨,»:%$¤@## ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨,»:%%$¤¤# [picture of a deer head, in a garland #¤¤$%%:»,¨
¨¨¨»:%$¤@@ woven of various grasses. @@¤$%:»¨¨¨
¨,»:%%%$@# the deer has a crown of rowan, and is #@$%%%:»,¨
¨,»:%$¤@## looking at the viewer.] ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨¨¨,»»%%¤@ @¤%%»»,¨¨¨
¨,»:%$@### #¨¨¨# ###@$%:»,¨
¨,»:%$¤@## #¨¨¨# : #¨¨¨# ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨¨¨,»%%%$¤ #¨¨¨# ¤$%%%»,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,::$@@ @@$::,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,»:$@# in the north, the deer is often used as #@$:»,¨¨¨¨
¨,»:%$¤@## a symbol for the forest's agency, or ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨,»:%$@### its self-knowledge. watching eyes. ###@$%:»,¨
¨¨,»»»»%¤¤ ¤¤%»»»»,¨¨
¨,»:%$¤@@# warmer regions instead ascribe it the #@@¤$%:»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,:%$¤ knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or ¤$%:,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»:%$@### obsession (unblinking eyes, always ###@$%:»,¨
¨,»::%%$@# awake, scrapie-like behavior). #@$%%::»,¨
¨,»:%$¤### ###¤$%:»,¨
¨,»::::$@@ #¨¨¨# @@$::::»,¨
¨,»:%%%¤@@ #¨¨¨# : #¨¨¨# @@¤%%%:»,¨
¨¨¨,:%$¤@# #¨¨¨# #@¤$%:,¨¨¨
¨¨¨,»%$¤¤¤ ¤¤¤$%»,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,:$$¤ the deer is a cross between a horse and ¤$$:,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»:::$$$¤ a dog. it bears a resemblance to a ¤$$$:::»,¨
¨,»:%$¤@## young salix tree, and has a ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨,»:%$¤@## sweet-smelling nose, like honey. ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨,»:%%$$$¤ ¤$$$%%:»,¨
¨,»:%$¤@## the horns of a deer is called antlers. ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,:$@ they have a complex fractal shape, and @$:,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨»:%$¤@### are believed to enable the deer to ###@¤$%:»¨
¨,»:%$¤@@# "fold" through passages which should be #@@¤$%:»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨»%¤ 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 ¤%»,,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»:%$¤@## age the secrets will harden into a ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨,»:%$¤¤¤¤ caramellized structure, which will ¤¤¤¤$%:»,¨
¨¨¨,,:%$@@ eventually block the flow of blood, and @@$%:,,¨¨¨
¨,»:%$¤### kill the deer. ###¤$%:»,¨
¨,»»»:%¤¤# #¤¤%:»»»,¨
¨,»:%$¤@## #¨¨¨# ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨¨¨¨,:$$@@ #¨¨¨# : #¨¨¨# @@$$:,¨¨¨¨
¨,»::%$$$¤ #¨¨¨# ¤$$$%::»,¨
¨,»:%$¤@## ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨,»:%$¤@## [picture of a deer head. from the far ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨,»:%$¤@## side, looking the other way. its ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨,»:%$¤@## antlers are bloodied.] ##@¤$%:»,¨
¨¨,,:::$@# #@$:::,,¨¨
¨,»:%$¤@@@ @@@¤$%:»,¨
¨,»:%$$$$@ @$$$$%:»,¨
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