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###&@§;«~. .~«;§@&###
###&@§;«~. .~«;§@&###
#&§§§«««~. .~«««§§§&#
###&@§;«~. .~«;§@&###
####@§;«~. #....# .~«;§@####
###&@§;«~. #...# #...# .~«;§@&###
&@@§;«~... #...# #...# ...~«;§@@&
#@§§;~.... #...# {roe} deer #...# ....~;§§@#
###&@§;«~. #...# #...# .~«;§@&###
&§;«...... #...# #...# ......«;§&
###&@§;«~. #....# .~«;§@&###
###&@§;«~. .~«;§@&###
##@;««~... ...~««;@##
&&@;~..... [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.] ...««;;§§&
#@;«...... ......«;@#
#&@§««««~. #...# .~««««§@&#
###&@§;«~. #...# ; #...# .~«;§@&###
###&@§;«~. #...# .~«;§@&###
#&§«...... ......«§&#
##&§«~~... 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). .~«;§@@@##
###&@§;«~. .~«;§@&###
###&@§;«~. #...# .~«;§@&###
#&&&@§;«~. #...# ; #...# .~«;§@&&&#
###&@§;«~. #...# .~«;§@&###
###&@§;«~. .~«;§@&###
###&@§;«~. 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.] .....~;@##
&@@§;~~... ...~~;§@@&
&&@@§;;«~. .~«;;§@@&&
#&§§;;;«~. .~«;;;§§&#
###&@§;«~. .~«;§@&###
###&@§;«~. .~«;§@&###