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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. ,.-*=§&###
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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. ,.-*=§&###
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#§=-,,,,,, 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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