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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. .......~==
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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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