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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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