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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 ...&&&..&.
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&.&&....&. 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 .&.&&....&
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