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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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,:«**$¤@## ##@¤$**«:,
,,,,::**$¤ in the north, the deer is often used as ¤$**::,,,,
,,,:::«*$¤ a symbol for the forest's agency, or ¤$*«:::,,,
,:«**$¤@## its self-knowledge. watching eyes. ##@¤$**«:,
,:«**$¤@## ##@¤$**«:,
,:«**$¤@## warmer regions instead ascribe it the ##@¤$**«:,
,:«**$¤@## knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or ##@¤$**«:,
,:«**$¤¤@# obsession (unblinking eyes, always #@¤¤$**«:,
,,,««*$¤¤@ awake, scrapie-like behavior). @¤¤$*««,,,
,:«**$¤@## ##@¤$**«:,
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,:«**$¤@## #,,,# ##@¤$**«:,
,:«**$¤@## ##@¤$**«:,
,:«**$¤¤@@ the deer is a cross between a horse and @@¤¤$**«:,
,:«**$¤@## a dog. it bears a resemblance to a ##@¤$**«:,
,,:««**$@# young salix tree, and has a #@$**««:,,
,,,,,:**$@ sweet-smelling nose, like honey. @$**:,,,,,
,,:::«*¤@# #@¤*«:::,,
,:«**$¤@@# the horns of a deer is called antlers. #@@¤$**«:,
,,,,,,«**¤ 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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