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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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=-........ #...# ........-=
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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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