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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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