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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. ........:~
:......... .........:
.......... 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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