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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. #%%==:,,,,
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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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