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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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###*$^«~,, in the north, the deer is often used as ,,~«^$*###
####*$^«~, a symbol for the forest's agency, or ,~«^$*####
###*$^«~,, its self-knowledge. watching eyes. ,,~«^$*###
##*$^«~,,, ,,,~«^$*##
#*$^«~,,,, warmer regions instead ascribe it the ,,,,~«^$*#
*$^«~,,,,, knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or ,,,,,~«^$*
$^«~,,,,,, obsession (unblinking eyes, always ,,,,,,~«^$
*$^«~,,,,, awake, scrapie-like behavior). ,,,,,~«^$*
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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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