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.^==†%####           #...#          #...#           ####%†==^.
...^^=†###          #...# {roe} deer #...#          ###†=^^...
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.....^^=†# [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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.....^==%#              #...# = #...#               #%==^.....
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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.    ##%===^^..
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.....=†%%# warmer  regions  instead ascribe  it the #%%†=.....
.^==†##### knife  (teeth, rumors of  violence),  or #####†==^.
....===%##    obsession (unblinking eyes, always    ##%===....
.^==†%####      awake, scrapie-like behavior).      ####%†==^.
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....^^=%##              #...# = #...#               ##%=^^....
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.^==†%#### 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. #†======^.
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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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.....^==%#              #...# = #...#               #%==^.....
..^^==†††#                   #...#                  #†††==^^..
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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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