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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. ..&&&.&&&&
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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. &..&.....&
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&...&..&.. 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. .&.&&&..&.
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&...&&...& 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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