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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. ........~-
~......... .........~
.......... #...# ..........
.......... #...# / #...# ..........
.......... #...# ..........
.......... ..........
.......... [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR ..........
~......... SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS .........~
-~........ ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] ........~-
/-~....... .......~-/
*/-~...... ......~-/*
@*/-~..... .....~-/*@
&@*/-~.... ....~-/*@&
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