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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.    ,.........
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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.     &^*«,.....
....,«*^&#                                          #&^*«,....
...,«*^&#£ 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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