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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. ..........
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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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