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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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