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###@$**~.. #...# {ROE} DEER #...# ..~**$@###
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####@$*~.. [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD, IN A GARLAND ..~*$@####
#$$*...... WOVEN OF VARIOUS GRASSES. ......*$$#
##$$***~.. THE DEER HAS A CROWN OF ROWAN, AND IS ..~***$$##
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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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###@$**~.. THE HORNS OF A DEER IS CALLED ANTLERS. ..~**$@###
###@$**~.. THEY HAVE A COMPLEX FRACTAL SHAPE, AND ..~**$@###
####$**~.. ARE BELIEVED TO ENABLE THE DEER TO ..~**$####
#$**...... "FOLD" THROUGH PASSAGES WHICH SHOULD BE ......**$#
#$$**~.... TOO NARROW FOR THEM. ANTLERS FROM DEAD ....~**$$#
###@$**~.. DEER SEEM TO LOSE THIS POWER. ..~**$@###
#@*~...... ......~*@#
##$**~.... A DEER'S HEART HAS TWO CHAMBERS, WHERE ....~**$##
###@$**~.. IT STORES ALL THE SECRETS IT MIGHT SEE ..~**$@###
##$$**~~.. DURING THE COURSE OF IT'S LIFE. WITH ..~~**$$##
@$*****~.. AGE THE SECRETS WILL HARDEN INTO A ..~*****$@
###@$**~.. CARAMELLIZED STRUCTURE, WHICH WILL ..~**$@###
###@$**~.. EVENTUALLY BLOCK THE FLOW OF BLOOD, AND ..~**$@###
##$*~..... KILL THE DEER. .....~*$##
###@$**~.. ..~**$@###
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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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