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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 .&.&&...&.
....&..... ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] ...&&&...&
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