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