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