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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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