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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.    #*†~~.....
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.~«†*%#### 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.     #%††††~~..
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.~«†*%#### 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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