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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.    =«,.......
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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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..........              #...# = #...#               ..........
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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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..........              #...# = #...#               ..........
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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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