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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.    ..........
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.......... 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. «,........
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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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........,«                  #...#                   «,........
.......,«:               #...# : #...#              :«,.......
......,«:%                   #...#                  %:«,......
.....,«:%&                                          &%:«,.....
....,«:%&@ [picture  of a deer head. from  the  far @&%:«,....
...,«:%&@# side,   looking  the   other  way.   its #@&%:«,...
..,«:%&@##          antlers are bloodied.]          ##@&%:«,..
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