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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). .......^-=
-^........ ........^-
^......... #...# .........^
.......... #...# = #...# ..........
.......... #...# ..........
.......... ..........
^......... 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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