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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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