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&@%:~~¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨~~:%@&
@&@%:~~¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨~~:%@&@
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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). ¨¨¨~~:%@&@
&@%:~~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~~:%@&
@%:~~¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨~~:%@
%:~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# : #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~:%
@%:~~¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨~~:%@
&@%:~~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~~:%@&
@&@%:~~¨¨¨ 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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@&@%:~~¨¨¨ [picture of a deer head. from the far ¨¨¨~~:%@&@
&@%:~~¨¨¨¨ side, looking the other way. its ¨¨¨¨~~:%@&
@%:~~¨¨¨¨¨ antlers are bloodied.] ¨¨¨¨¨~~:%@
%:~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~:%
@%:~~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~~:%@
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