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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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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