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