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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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