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*\-:...... #...# {roe} deer #...# ......:-\*
$*\-:..... #...# #...# .....:-\*$
@$*\-:.... #...# #...# ....:-\*$@
#@$*\-:... #....# ...:-\*$@#
##@$*\-:.. ..:-\*$@##
###@$*\-:. .:-\*$@###
##@$*\-:.. [picture of a deer head, in a garland ..:-\*$@##
#@$*\-:... woven of various grasses. ...:-\*$@#
@$*\-:.... the deer has a crown of rowan, and is ....:-\*$@
$*\-:..... looking at the viewer.] .....:-\*$
*\-:...... ......:-\*
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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. .......:-\
*\-:...... ......:-\*
$*\-:..... warmer regions instead ascribe it the .....:-\*$
@$*\-:.... knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or ....:-\*$@
#@$*\-:... obsession (unblinking eyes, always ...:-\*$@#
##@$*\-:.. awake, scrapie-like behavior). ..:-\*$@##
###@$*\-:. .:-\*$@###
##@$*\-:.. #...# ..:-\*$@##
#@$*\-:... #...# \ #...# ...:-\*$@#
@$*\-:.... #...# ....:-\*$@
$*\-:..... .....:-\*$
*\-:...... 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.] ......:-\*
$*\-:..... .....:-\*$
@$*\-:.... ....:-\*$@
#@$*\-:... ...:-\*$@#
##@$*\-:.. ..:-\*$@##
###@$*\-:. .:-\*$@###