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$*^-~..... #...# #...# .....~-^*$
*^-~...... #...# {ROE} DEER #...# ......~-^*
^-~....... #...# #...# .......~-^
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.......... [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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*^-~...... #...# ^ #...# ......~-^*
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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). ......~-^*
^-~....... .......~-^
-~........ #...# ........~-
~......... #...# ^ #...# .........~
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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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.......... #...# ^ #...# ..........
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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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