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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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....&.&&.. #...# ; #...# &...&&&...
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........&& [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR .&&&..&.&&
&.......&. SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS .&.&&...&&
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