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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.] ..........
.......... ..........
.......... #...# ..........
,......... #...# / #...# .........,
=,........ #...# ........,=
/=,....... .......,=/
=/=,...... 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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#@@@=/=,.. ..,=/=@@@#