.......-~= =~-.......
........-~ ~-........
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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.] @¤$^=~-...
..-~=^$¤@# #@¤$^=~-..
.-~=^$¤@## ##@¤$^=~-.
..-~=^$¤@# #@¤$^=~-..
...-~=^$¤@ @¤$^=~-...
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