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»^........ #...# {ROE} DEER #...# ........^»
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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. ...^»;%%£@
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@£%%;»^... 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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