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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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