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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. ,~=**%##
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&&%****=~, 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. ,,,,~**%##
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###&%**=~, 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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