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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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&&..&&&.&& [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR &.....&.&&
.&.&..&&.& SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS &....&&&..
&&&&.&.&&& ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] &...&..&..
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