.......,~\ \~,.......
......,~\= =\~,......
.....,~\=& &=\~,.....
....,~\=&@ @&=\~,....
...,~\=&@# #@&=\~,...
..,~\=&@## #....# ##@&=\~,..
.,~\=&@### #...# #...# ###@&=\~,.
..,~\=&@## #...# #...# ##@&=\~,..
...,~\=&@# #...# {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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