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