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