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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. &&&....&..
&....&&&&& ...&...&&.
&&...&.... 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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