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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. ...&&.&.&.
....&.&..& &..&.&&&&&
&...&&&&.& #...# &&.&&&....
&&..&...&& #...# * #...# ..&&..&...
&.&.&&..&. #...# ..&.&.&&..
&&&&&.&.&& &.&&&&&.&.
&....&&&&. [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR .&&....&&&
.&...&...& SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS .&.&...&..
.&&..&&..& ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] .&&&&..&&.
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