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...&&&&&&& #...# #...# .....&....
&&..&&&&&& #...# #...# &&&&...&&&
&....&&&&& #...# {ROE} DEER #...# &&&..&..&&
..&&..&&&. #...# #...# &&.......&
.......&.. #...# #...# ...&&&&&..
&&&&&&.... #....# &&..&&&..&
&&&&&..&&& .....&....
.&&&....&. &&&&...&&.
..&..&&... [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.] &&..&.....
&&..&..&&& ......&&&&
&.......&& #...# &&&&&..&&&
..&&&&&..& #...# \ #...# &&&&....&&
...&&&.... #...# &&&..&&...
&&..&..&&& .&......&&
&.......&. 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. ..&&&&&&..
.&&....... ...&&&&...
....&&&&&. #...# &&..&&..&&
.&&..&&&.. #...# \ #...# &.........
......&... #...# ..&&&&&&&&
.&&&&...&& ...&&&&&&.
..&&..&... [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR &&..&&&&..
&.......&& SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS &....&&..&
..&&&&&..& ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] ..&&......
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