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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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$%=-:..... the deer is a cross between a horse and .....:-=%$
§$%=-:.... a dog. it bears a resemblance to a ....:-=%$§
@§$%=-:... young salix tree, and has a ...:-=%$§@
#@§$%=-:.. sweet-smelling nose, like honey. ..:-=%$§@#
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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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