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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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