%\~,...... ......,~\%
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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. ......,~\%
*%\~,..... .....,~\%*
&*%\~,.... #...# ....,~\%*&
#&*%\~,... #...# \ #...# ...,~\%*&#
##&*%\~,.. #...# ..,~\%*&##
###&*%\~,. .,~\%*&###
##&*%\~,.. [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR ..,~\%*&##
#&*%\~,... SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS ...,~\%*&#
&*%\~,.... ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] ....,~\%*&
*%\~,..... .....,~\%*
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