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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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&&&.&..&.& #...# = #...# &&.&.&&...
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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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