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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. ...^~/@###
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#@/~^..... 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. ......^~/@
#@/~^..... .....^~/@#
##@/~^.... 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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