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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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@$^==-.... #...# ....-==^$@
@@$^==-... #...# = #...# ...-==^$@@
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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. ..........
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=-........ 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. .......-==
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.......... [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR ..........
.......... SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS ..........
.......... ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] ..........
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