.....=/*¤@ @¤*/=.....
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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). @¤*/=.....
......=/*¤ ¤*/=......
.......=/* #...# */=.......
........=/ #...# / #...# /=........
.........= #...# =.........
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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. ..........
.......... ..........
.......... 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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