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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. &&.&&&.&.&
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&.&.....&. 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 ...&&.&...
&&&&.&..&& SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS &..&.&&&..
&...&&&.&. ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] &&.&&&..&.
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