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