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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. ¨¨¨¨.~†=%¤
%=†~.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨.~†=%
=†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†=
†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# † #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†
~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~
†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†
=†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ [picture of a deer head. from the far ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†=
%=†~.¨¨¨¨¨ side, looking the other way. its ¨¨¨¨¨.~†=%
¤%=†~.¨¨¨¨ antlers are bloodied.] ¨¨¨¨.~†=%¤
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