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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. ¶¤=//:,,,,
,,,,,,:/$¶ they have a complex fractal shape, and ¶$/:,,,,,,
,:-/=$¤¶## are believed to enable the deer to ##¶¤$=/-:,
,:-/=$¤¤¤¶ "fold" through passages which should be ¶¤¤¤$=/-:,
,:-/=$¤¶## too narrow for them. antlers from dead ##¶¤$=/-:,
,:-/=$¤¶## deer seem to lose this power. ##¶¤$=/-:,
,:--/===¤¤ ¤¤===/--:,
,:-/=$¤¶## a deer's heart has two chambers, where ##¶¤$=/-:,
,,,,,:/$¶¶ it stores all the secrets it might see ¶¶$/:,,,,,
,:-/=$¤¤¶¶ during the course of it's life. with ¶¶¤¤$=/-:,
,:-/=$¤### age the secrets will harden into a ###¤$=/-:,
,:-/=$¤¶## caramellized structure, which will ##¶¤$=/-:,
,:-/=$¤¶## eventually block the flow of blood, and ##¶¤$=/-:,
,:-/=$¤¶## kill the deer. ##¶¤$=/-:,
,,,,,,,-=¤ ¤=-,,,,,,,
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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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