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#%^*^..... #...# {roe} deer #...# .....^*^%#
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#§^^-..... #...# #...# .....-^^§#
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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. .^-*^%§###
###§%^*-^. .^-*^%§###
#§%**^.... #...# ....^**%§#
#%^^^-.... #...# * #...# ....-^^^%#
#§^^-^.... #...# ....^-^^§#
###§%^*-^. .^-*^%§###
§%%^-..... [picture of a deer head. from the far .....-^%%§
###§%^*-^. side, looking the other way. its .^-*^%§###
###§%^*-^. antlers are bloodied.] .^-*^%§###
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