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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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