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,,,,,,,*£§ #,,,,# §£*,,,,,,,
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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.] ##@§£^*~,,
,,~*^£§@## ##@§£^*~,,
,,~*^£§@## #,,,# ##@§£^*~,,
,,,,~*^£@# #,,,# * #,,,# #@£^*~,,,,
,,,,~*££@@ #,,,# @@££*~,,,,
,,,~*^^§@# #@§^^*~,,,
,,~*^£§@## 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.] §£*~~,,,,,
,,~*^£§@## ##@§£^*~,,
,,~*^£§@@@ @@@§£^*~,,
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