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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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$†\~^..... [picture of  a deer  head. from the  far .....^~\†$
†\~^...... side,  looking   the   other  way.   its ......^~\†
\~^.......          antlers are bloodied.]          .......^~\
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