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..&&&..... #....# ...&&&&..&
...&..&&&. #...# #...# &&..&&....
&&.....&.. #...# #...# &......&&&
&..&&&.... #...# {ROE} DEER #...# ..&&&&..&&
....&..&&& #...# #...# &..&&....&
.&&.....&. #...# #...# ......&&..
....&&&... #....# &&&&&....&
.&&..&..&& &&&&..&&..
.........& &&&......&
.&&&&&&&.. [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. ...&&&&&..
&.......&& &&..&&&..&
..&&&&&..& WARMER REGIONS INSTEAD ASCRIBE IT THE &....&....
&..&&&.... KNIFE (TEETH, RUMORS OF VIOLENCE), OR ..&&...&&&
....&..&&& OBSESSION (UNBLINKING EYES, ALWAYS .....&..&&
.&&.....&. AWAKE, SCRAPIE-LIKE BEHAVIOR). &&&&......
....&&&... &&&..&&&&&
.&&..&..&. #...# &&....&&&.
.......... #...# ^ #...# &..&&..&..
&&&&&&&&&& #...# .........&
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&..
.&&&&&&&&& 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. &..&&.....
&&&&..&&&& ......&&&&
&&&....&&. #...# .&&&&..&&&
&&..&&.... #...# ^ #...# ..&&....&&
&......&&. #...# .....&&..&
..&&&&.... &&&&......
&..&&..&&. [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR .&&..&&&&&
.......... SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS ......&&&&
.&&&&&&&&& ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] &&&&&..&&.
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