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:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
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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). ¨¨¨¨:=†§%#
##%§†=:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:=†§%##
###%§†=:¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨:=†§%###
####%§†=:¨ #¨¨¨# † #¨¨¨# ¨:=†§%####
###%§†=:¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨:=†§%###
##%§†=:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:=†§%##
#%§†=:¨¨¨¨ 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.] ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=†§
†=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=†
=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=
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