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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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;=^....... 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). ..^=;=%@@@
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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. .......^=;
=;=^...... ......^=;=
%=;=^..... 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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