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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. &&&&.&..&&
&&&&&..&&& ...&&&.&.&
....&.&... 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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......&&&& #...# : #...# &&&..&..&&
.....&.... #...# ..&.&&.&.&
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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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