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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.] .......,~*
**~,...... ......,~**
§**~,..... .....,~**§
@§**~,.... ....,~**§@
#@§**~,... ...,~**§@#
##@§**~,.. ..,~**§@##