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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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.&&.&&&&&& #...# ; #...# &&.&.&&&&&
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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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