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@@@%%%*~~¨ ¨~~*%%%@@@
#@@@*%*~~¨ ¨~~*%*@@@#
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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.] ¨~*%*@@@##
##@@@*%*~¨ ¨~*%*@@@##
@@**%~~~¨¨ ¨¨~~~%**@@
#@@@*%*~~¨ ¨~~*%*@@@#
@@@@*%*~~¨ ¨~~*%*@@@@
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