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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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