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.......:-/ #....# /-:.......
........:- #...# #...# -:........
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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 $/-:......
.......:-/ IT STORES ALL THE SECRETS IT MIGHT SEE /-:.......
........:- DURING THE COURSE OF IT'S LIFE. WITH -:........
.........: AGE THE SECRETS WILL HARDEN INTO A :.........
.......... CARAMELLIZED STRUCTURE, WHICH WILL ..........
.......... EVENTUALLY BLOCK THE FLOW OF BLOOD, AND ..........
.......... KILL THE DEER. ..........
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.........: #...# / #...# :.........
........:- #...# -:........
.......:-/ /-:.......
......:-/$ [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR $/-:......
.....:-/$@ SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS @$/-:.....
....:-/$@@ ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] @@$/-:....
...:-/$@@£ £@@$/-:...
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