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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. ...:»^†@##
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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 ..:»^†@###
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