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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. ¨¨¨¨¨«««=@
@@=*.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨.*=@@
@@@@$=*«.¨ the horns of a deer is called antlers. ¨.«*=$@@@@
@@=««.¨¨¨¨ 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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