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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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...&.&.&.. #...# ..&.......
..&&&&&&.& #...# / #...# .&&.......
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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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.&&.&&..&& 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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.&.&&.&.&& #...# &...&....&
&&&.&&&&.& #...# / #...# &..&&...&&
..&&...&&& #...# &.&.&..&..
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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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