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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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;=.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.=;
@;=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ in the north, the deer is often used as ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=;@
@@;=.¨¨¨¨¨ a symbol for the forest's agency, or ¨¨¨¨¨.=;@@
#@@;=.¨¨¨¨ its self-knowledge. watching eyes. ¨¨¨¨.=;@@#
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###@@;=.¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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