....,~:$&@                                          @&$:~,....
.....,~:$&                                          &$:~,.....
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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.]         #@&$:~,...
....,~:$&@                                          @&$:~,....
.....,~:$&                   #...#                  &$:~,.....
......,~:$               #...# : #...#              $:~,......
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........., in  the north, the deer is often used as ,.........
.......... a  symbol  for the forest's  agency,  or ..........
.........,    its self-knowledge. watching eyes.    ,.........
........,~                                          ~,........
.......,~: warmer  regions instead  ascribe  it the :~,.......
......,~:$ 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 $:~,......
.......,~:     sweet-smelling nose, like honey.     :~,.......
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........., the horns of a  deer  is called antlers. ,.........
.......... they have  a  complex fractal shape, and ..........
........., are  believed  to  enable  the  deer  to ,.........
........,~ "fold" through passages which should  be ~,........
.......,~: too  narrow for  them. antlers from dead :~,.......
......,~:$ 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.              @&$:~,....
.....,~:$&                                          &$:~,.....
......,~:$                   #...#                  $:~,......
.......,~:               #...# : #...#              :~,.......
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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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