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........-~ #...# {ROE} DEER #...# ~-........
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......-~:= #...# #...# =:~-......
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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. ..........
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.......... 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. ..........
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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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