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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. ,.~\*@@@##
@@@***\~., ,.~\***@@@
##@@@*\~., 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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