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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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¨:«:†%¤### #¨¨¨# ###¤%†:«:¨
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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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¨:«:†%¤### #¨¨¨# : #¨¨¨# ###¤%†:«:¨
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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. ###¤%†:«:¨
¨:«:†%¤¤## ##¤¤%†:«:¨
¨:«:†%¤### 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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¨:«:†%¤### #¨¨¨# ###¤%†:«:¨
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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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