.,~^&¤#### ####¤&^~,.
.....~;&&# #&&;~.....
.,~;^&¤### ###¤&^;~,.
.,~;^&¤### ###¤&^;~,.
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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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