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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. .&..&..&..
......&&.& &&.&&.&&.&
.....&.&&. 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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