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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.     ..........
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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. #£*\=~....
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..~=\*£##@ 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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