.^-†=%&@##                                          ##@&%=†-^.
..^-†=%&@#                                          #@&%=†-^..
...^-†=%&@                                          @&%=†-^...
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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.]          @&%=†-^...
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