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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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..-~:^§&@# #...# : #...# #@&§^:~-..
.-~:^§&@## #...# ##@&§^:~-.
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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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