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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. &&.&....&&
&&&&.&&&.. ..&&&...&.
&...&&..&. #...# &.&..&..&&
.&..&.&.&& #...# = #...# &&&&.&&.&.
.&&.&&&&&. #...# ....&&.&&&
&&.&&....& ....&.&&..
&.&&.&...& [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR &...&&&.&.
&&&.&&&..& SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS &&..&..&&&
...&&..&.& ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] ..&.&&.&..
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