†~-....... .......-~†
*†~-...... ......-~†*
&*†~-..... .....-~†*&
@&*†~-.... ....-~†*&@
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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.] ....-~†*&@
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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). .....-~†*&
@&*†~-.... ....-~†*&@
@@&*†~-... #...# ...-~†*&@@
#@@&*†~-.. #...# † #...# ..-~†*&@@#
##@@&*†~-. #...# .-~†*&@@##
#@@&*†~-.. ..-~†*&@@#
@@&*†~-... 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.] .-~†*&@@##
#@@&*†~-.. ..-~†*&@@#
@@&*†~-... ...-~†*&@@
@&*†~-.... ....-~†*&@
&*†~-..... .....-~†*&
*†~-...... ......-~†*