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#@¶#¤%^--. #...# #...# .--^%¤#¶@#
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¶¤^--..... .....--^¤¶
#¤^--..... [picture of a deer head, in a garland .....--^¤#
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@¶¤^----.. 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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#¤¤^-..... #...# .....-^¤¤#
#@¶#¤%^--. .--^%¤#¶@#
#¤%^-..... 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 .--^%¤#¶@#
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#¤¤¤^--... antlers are bloodied.] ...--^¤¤¤#
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