,,,,,:$$$¶ ¶$$$:,,,,,
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,,~:$$@¶@@ @@¶@$$:~,,
,,~:$$@¶@# #@¶@$$:~,,
,,~:$$@¶@# #@¶@$$:~,,
,,~:$$@¶@@ #,,,,# @@¶@$$:~,,
,,,,,,::$@ #,,,# #,,,# @$::,,,,,,
,,~:$$@¶@@ #,,,# #,,,# @@¶@$$:~,,
,,~:$$¶@## #,,,# {roe} deer #,,,# ##@¶$$:~,,
,,~:$$@¶@# #,,,# #,,,# #@¶@$$:~,,
,,,,,::$@@ #,,,# #,,,# @@$::,,,,,
,,~:$$@¶@# #,,,,# #@¶@$$:~,,
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,,,,,::$@¶ ¶@$::,,,,,
,,~:$$@¶## [picture of a deer head, in a garland ##¶@$$:~,,
,,~:$$@¶@# woven of various grasses. #@¶@$$:~,,
,,,,,~~$$@ the deer has a crown of rowan, and is @$$~~,,,,,
,,,~~~:$¶¶ looking at the viewer.] ¶¶$:~~~,,,
,,~:$$@@## ##@@$$:~,,
,,~:$$@¶## #,,,# ##¶@$$:~,,
,,~:$$@¶## #,,,# : #,,,# ##¶@$$:~,,
,,~~:$$$@@ #,,,# @@$$$:~~,,
,,,,,~$$@¶ ¶@$$~,,,,,
,,~:$$@¶@# in the north, the deer is often used as #@¶@$$:~,,
,,~:$$@¶## a symbol for the forest's agency, or ##¶@$$:~,,
,,,,~:$$$@ its self-knowledge. watching eyes. @$$$:~,,,,
,,~:$$@@@@ @@@@$$:~,,
,,~:$$@¶@# warmer regions instead ascribe it the #@¶@$$:~,,
,,,,,~~$$@ knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or @$$~~,,,,,
,,~::::$@@ obsession (unblinking eyes, always @@$::::~,,
,,~:$$@@@¶ awake, scrapie-like behavior). ¶@@@$$:~,,
,,~:::$$$¶ ¶$$$:::~,,
,,,,,,~:$@ #,,,# @$:~,,,,,,
,,~:$$@¶¶¶ #,,,# : #,,,# ¶¶¶@$$:~,,
,,~:$$@¶¶¶ #,,,# ¶¶¶@$$:~,,
,,,,,~$@@@ @@@$~,,,,,
,,,~~$$$@@ the deer is a cross between a horse and @@$$$~~,,,
,,~:$$@@@@ a dog. it bears a resemblance to a @@@@$$:~,,
,,~:$$@¶@# young salix tree, and has a #@¶@$$:~,,
,,,,,,~:$@ sweet-smelling nose, like honey. @$:~,,,,,,
,,~:$$@¶@# #@¶@$$:~,,
,,~:$$@¶@@ the horns of a deer is called antlers. @@¶@$$:~,,
,,~:$$@@## they have a complex fractal shape, and ##@@$$:~,,
,,~~~~$$@¶ are believed to enable the deer to ¶@$$~~~~,,
,,,,,,:$$@ "fold" through passages which should be @$$:,,,,,,
,,,,,,~$$@ too narrow for them. antlers from dead @$$~,,,,,,
,,~:$$@¶@@ deer seem to lose this power. @@¶@$$:~,,
,,,,,,:$@@ @@$:,,,,,,
,,~:$$@¶@@ a deer's heart has two chambers, where @@¶@$$:~,,
,,~:$$@¶@# it stores all the secrets it might see #@¶@$$:~,,
,,,,:::$$@ during the course of it's life. with @$$:::,,,,
,,,,,,~$$¶ age the secrets will harden into a ¶$$~,,,,,,
,,,,,~$@@¶ caramellized structure, which will ¶@@$~,,,,,
,,~:$$@¶@# eventually block the flow of blood, and #@¶@$$:~,,
,,,,,:$$@@ kill the deer. @@$$:,,,,,
,,~:$$¶@## ##@¶$$:~,,
,,~:$$@¶## #,,,# ##¶@$$:~,,
,,~:$$@@## #,,,# : #,,,# ##@@$$:~,,
,,~$$@¶@## #,,,# ##@¶@$$~,,
,,~:$$@¶@# #@¶@$$:~,,
,,~:$$@¶¶¶ [picture of a deer head. from the far ¶¶¶@$$:~,,
,,,,,~:$@¶ side, looking the other way. its ¶@$:~,,,,,
,,,,,~$$¶@ antlers are bloodied.] @¶$$~,,,,,
,,~:$$¶@## ##@¶$$:~,,
,,~:$$@¶@# #@¶@$$:~,,
,,~:$$@¶@# #@¶@$$:~,,
,,,~~~::$¶ ¶$::~~~,,,
,,~:$$@¶## ##¶@$$:~,,