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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). -.........
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.......... #...# : #...# ..........
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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. ..........
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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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