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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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