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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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#@¤$†==...                   #...#                  ...==†$¤@#
##@¤$†==..               #...# = #...#              ..==†$¤@##
#@¤$†==...                  #...#                   ...==†$¤@#
@¤$†==....                                          ....==†$¤@
¤$†==..... in  the north, the deer is often used as .....==†$¤
$†==...... a  symbol  for the forest's  agency,  or ......==†$
†==.......    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.]          ........==
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