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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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..&&&&&&.. #...# † #...# ...&..&...
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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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