...&...... &&..&&&...
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&..&..&&&& ..&&.....&
.......&&. .....&&&..
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&&&&&..&&& #....# &&&.......
.&&&....&& #...# #...# &&..&&&&&.
..&..&&... #...# #...# .....&&&..
&.......&& #...# {roe} deer #...# &&&&..&..&
..&&&&&... #...# #...# .&&.......
&..&&&..&& #...# #...# ....&&&&&&
....&....& #....# &&&..&&&&&
.&&...&&.. &&....&&&.
....&....& ...&&..&..
&&&...&&.. [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.] .....&..&&
&&&&..&&.. &&&&.....&
&&&......& #...# &&&..&&&..
.&..&&&&.. #...# * #...# &&....&...
.....&&... #...# &..&&...&&
.&&&....&& ......&...
..&..&&..& 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). ....&&&&&&
....&&&... &&&..&&&&&
.&&..&..&& #...# &&....&&&.
.......... #...# * #...# &..&&..&..
&&&&&&&&&& #...# .........&
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&..
.&&&&&&&&& 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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