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&&....&.&& #...# #...# ........&.
&&&.....&& #...# #...# ..........
&.&&....&. #...# {ROE} DEER #...# ..........
..&&&..... #...# #...# &.........
..&.&&.... #...# #...# &&........
....&&&... #....# &&&.......
....&.&&.. &.&&......
......&&&. ..&&&.....
......&.&& [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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&......... #...# ..&.....&&
&&........ #...# † #...# ...&....&.
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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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