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