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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.] .........-
~-........ ........-~
\~-....... .......-~\
*\~-...... ......-~\*
$*\~-..... .....-~\*$
#$*\~-.... ....-~\*$#