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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).      ..........
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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.]          ........,=
†=,.......                                          .......,=†
=†=,......                                          ......,=†=
%=†=,.....                                          .....,=†=%
§%=†=,....                                          ....,=†=%§
#§%=†=,...                                          ...,=†=%§#