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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.] ..........
.........^ ^.........
........^= =^........
.......^=; ;=^.......
......^=;% %;=^......
.....^=;%* *%;=^.....