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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. ,,~=/*@###
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###@*/=~,, 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. ,,,,,,,~=/
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~,,,,,,,,, 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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