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#@***†---¨ ¨---†***@#
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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). ¨--†*&@###
#@&&&*†--¨ ¨--†*&&&@#
@&&†--¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨--†&&@
##&*††-¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# † #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨-††*&##
###@&*†--¨ #¨¨¨# ¨--†*&@###
###@&*†--¨ ¨--†*&@###
###@&*†--¨ 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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###@&*†--¨ ¨--†*&@###
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