$*/~^.....                                          .....^~/*$
#$*/~^....                                          ....^~/*$#
##$*/~^...                                          ...^~/*$##
###$*/~^..                                          ..^~/*$###
####$*/~^.                                          .^~/*$####
###$*/~^..                  #....#                  ..^~/*$###
##$*/~^...              #...#    #...#              ...^~/*$##
#$*/~^....           #...#          #...#           ....^~/*$#
$*/~^.....          #...# {roe} deer #...#          .....^~/*$
*/~^......           #...#          #...#           ......^~/*
/~^.......              #...#    #...#              .......^~/
~^........                  #....#                  ........^~
^.........                                          .........^
..........                                          ..........
^......... [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).      .........^
..........                                          ..........
^.........                   #...#                  .........^
~^........               #...# / #...#              ........^~
/~^.......                   #...#                  .......^~/
*/~^......                                          ......^~/*
$*/~^..... the deer is a cross between  a horse and .....^~/*$
#$*/~^.... a  dog.  it  bears a  resemblance  to  a ....^~/*$#
##$*/~^... young    salix   tree,   and    has    a ...^~/*$##
###$*/~^..     sweet-smelling nose, like honey.     ..^~/*$###
####$*/~^.                                          .^~/*$####
###$*/~^.. the horns  of a deer is called  antlers. ..^~/*$###
##$*/~^... they  have a complex fractal  shape, and ...^~/*$##
#$*/~^.... are  believed  to  enable  the  deer  to ....^~/*$#
$*/~^..... "fold" through passages which should  be .....^~/*$
*/~^...... 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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