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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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.,~/%$#@##              #...# / #...#               ##@#$%/~,.
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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. ##%/~.....
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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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