*;~:...... ......:~;*
;~:....... .......:~;
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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.] ......:~;*
@*;~:..... .....:~;*@
&@*;~:.... ....:~;*@&
@&@*;~:... ...:~;*@&@
#@&@*;~:.. ..:~;*@&@#
##@&@*;~:. .:~;*@&@##