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#@¶¤$§/~-¨ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¨-~/§$¤¶@#
¶¤$$/-¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# {roe} deer #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨-/$$¤¶
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¤¤$§/~~¨¨¨ woven of various grasses. ¨¨¨~~/§$¤¤
@@¶¤$§/~-¨ the deer has a crown of rowan, and is ¨-~/§$¤¶@@
¤¤§~¨¨¨¨¨¨ looking at the viewer.] ¨¨¨¨¨¨~§¤¤
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#@¶¤$§/~-¨ #¨¨¨# ¨-~/§$¤¶@#
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##¶¤$§/~-¨ in the north, the deer is often used as ¨-~/§$¤¶##
¶¶$$§§/~-¨ a symbol for the forest's agency, or ¨-~/§§$$¶¶
#@¶¤$§/~-¨ its self-knowledge. watching eyes. ¨-~/§$¤¶@#
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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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¶$$//~---¨ #¨¨¨# ¨---~//$$¶
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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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