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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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,,,,,,,,,, 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.     ,,,,,,,,.~
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%/~.,,,,,, 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. ,.~/%§&£@#
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£&§%/~.,,, 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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%/~.,,,,,, side,  looking   the   other   way.  its ,,,,,,.~/%
§%/~.,,,,,          antlers are bloodied.]          ,,,,,.~/%§
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