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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). &...&&&&&&
&.&&&&&&.& .&..&.....
&&&.....&& #...# &&&.&&....
&..&....&. #...# = #...# &..&&.&...
&&.&&...&& #...# .&.&.&&&..
&.&&.&..&. &&&&&&..&.
&&&.&&&.&& 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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