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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. ..&&..&..&
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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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.&&&&.&... #...# = #...# .&&&.&&&..
.&...&&&.. #...# &&..&&..&.
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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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