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@&%/-,.... ....,-/%&@
&%/-,..... #....# .....,-/%&
%/-,...... #...# #...# ......,-/%
/-,....... #...# #...# .......,-/
-,........ #...# {roe} deer #...# ........,-
,......... #...# #...# .........,
.......... #...# #...# ..........
,......... #....# .........,
-,........ ........,-
/-,....... .......,-/
%/-,...... [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. .......,-/
-,........ ........,-
,......... 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.] ........,-
,......... .........,
.......... ..........
,......... .........,
-,........ ........,-
/-,....... .......,-/