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