.^=\%*&### ###&*%\=^.
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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. ###&*%\=^.
.^=\%*&### ###&*%\=^.
.....=\\*& #...# &*\\=.....
.^=\%*&### #...# \ #...# ###&*%\=^.
.^=\%*#### #...# ####*%\=^.
......=%&# #&%=......
...^^^\\*# [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR #*\\^^^...
.^=\%*&### SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS ###&*%\=^.
....^^\\%& ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] &%\\^^....
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.^=\%****# #****%\=^.
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