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&&.....&&& #...# #...# ........&.
&&&....&.& #...# #...# &.........
&.&&.....& #...# {ROE} DEER #...# &&........
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..&.&&.... #...# #...# .&&&......
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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. ..&&&....&
&......&&& ..&.&&....
.&.....&.& WARMER REGIONS INSTEAD ASCRIBE IT THE &...&&&...
..&......& KNIFE (TEETH, RUMORS OF VIOLENCE), OR &&..&.&&..
...&.....& OBSESSION (UNBLINKING EYES, ALWAYS .&&...&&&.
....&..... AWAKE, SCRAPIE-LIKE BEHAVIOR). .&&&..&.&&
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&&&....&.. #...# † #...# ...&.&&...
&.&&....&. #...# .....&&&..
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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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