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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).      *=^.......
......^=**                                          **=^......
.....^=**%                  #...#                   %**=^.....
....^=**%§               #...# * #...#              §%**=^....
...^=**%§#                  #...#                   #§%**=^...
..^=**%§##                                          ##§%**=^..
.^=**%§### 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. ..........
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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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