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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.] ¨¨¨¨^=:^*¤
*^:=^¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨^=:^*
^:=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=:^
:=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# : #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=:
=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=
:=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=:
^:=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# : #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=:^
*^:=^¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨^=:^*
¤*^:=^¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨^=:^*¤
@¤*^:=^¨¨¨ [picture of a deer head. from the far ¨¨¨^=:^*¤@
#@¤*^:=^¨¨ side, looking the other way. its ¨¨^=:^*¤@#
##@¤*^:=^¨ antlers are bloodied.] ¨^=:^*¤@##
#@¤*^:=^¨¨ ¨¨^=:^*¤@#
@¤*^:=^¨¨¨ ¨¨¨^=:^*¤@
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