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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.] @@$^=~:...
..:~=^$@@# #@@$^=~:..
.:~=^$@@## #...# ##@@$^=~:.
..:~=^$@@# #...# = #...# #@@$^=~:..
...:~=^$@@ #...# @@$^=~:...
....:~=^$@ @$^=~:....
.....:~=^$ 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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