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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 †~:.......
........:~ 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. †~:.......
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.....:~†%@ 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 ..........
..........          ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.]          ..........
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