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......~===                  #....#                  ===~......
.......~==              #...#    #...#              ==~.......
........~=           #...#          #...#           =~........
.......~==          #...# {roe} deer #...#          ==~.......
......~===           #...#          #...#           ===~......
.....~===$              #...#    #...#              $===~.....
....~===$@                  #....#                  @$===~....
...~===$@#                                          #@$===~...
..~===$@##                                          ##@$===~..
.~===$@### [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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