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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. .&..&&&&..
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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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