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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. ..~**@¤###
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###¤@**~.. 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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