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