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..&&.&&..& #...# {ROE} DEER #...# &&&.&&&&.&
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&&&.&&&&&. #...# #...# .&.&..&..&
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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. &..&..&...
&&.&&&&..& &.&&.&&..&
.&&...&.&. 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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&.&&&&..&& #...# : #...# &&...&....
&&...&.&.& #...# .&..&&...&
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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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