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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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#&==-..... 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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