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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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....,=:**& #...# : #...# &**:=,....
...,=:**&£ #...# £&**:=,...
..,=:**&£# #£&**:=,..
.,=:**&£## 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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