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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.] .....,==**
*==,...... ......,==*
==,....... #...# .......,==
=,........ #...# = #...# ........,=
,......... #...# .........,
.......... ..........
,......... 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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##¤**==,.. ..,==**¤##
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