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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). ¶#$=/«^...
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.....^«/=$ #...# $=/«^.....
......^«/= #...# / #...# =/«^......
.......^«/ #...# /«^.......
........^« «^........
.........^ the deer is a cross between a horse and ^.........
.......... a dog. it bears a resemblance to a ..........
.......... young salix tree, and has a ..........
.......... sweet-smelling nose, like honey. ..........
.......... ..........
.......... the horns of a deer is called antlers. ..........
.......... they have a complex fractal shape, and ..........
.......... are believed to enable the deer to ..........
.........^ "fold" through passages which should be ^.........
........^« too narrow for them. antlers from dead «^........
.......^«/ deer seem to lose this power. /«^.......
......^«/= =/«^......
.....^«/=$ 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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.........^ [picture of a deer head. from the far ^.........
.......... side, looking the other way. its ..........
.......... antlers are bloodied.] ..........
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