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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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