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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. ##########
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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. ##########
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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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########## [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR ##########
########## SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS ##########
########## ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] ##########
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