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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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.:~†=%@¶## 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. †~:.......
......:~†= =†~:......
.....:~†=% 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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