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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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..........              #...# = #...#               ..........
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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.     *§=~:.....
....:~=§*#                                          #*§=~:....
...:~=§*## 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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..........              #...# = #...#               ..........
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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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