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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. ¨:~\**&@##
#@@&**\~:¨ ¨:~\**&@@#
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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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