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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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