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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.]          #¤@$†~,...
..,~†$@¤#@                                          @#¤@$†~,..
.,~†$@¤#@#                   #...#                  #@#¤@$†~,.
..,~†$@¤#@               #...# † #...#              @#¤@$†~,..
...,~†$@¤#                  #...#                   #¤@$†~,...
....,~†$@¤                                          ¤@$†~,....
.....,~†$@ 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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