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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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