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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. ###@%%†~.¨
¨.~†%%@### ###@%%†~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨~%%@# 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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