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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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...&&&&&&& #...# : #...# .&..&...&.
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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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