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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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¨~~:†%§### #¨¨¨# ###§%†:~~¨
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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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¨~~:†%§### #¨¨¨# ###§%†:~~¨
¨~~:†%%%%§ #¨¨¨# : #¨¨¨# §%%%%†:~~¨
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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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