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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.] ..........
,......... .........,
=,........ ........,=
^=,....... .......,=^
%^=,...... ......,=^%
$%^=,..... .....,=^%$