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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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..&&..&&&. #...# / #...# ...&&.&.&.
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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. &&&&.&.&&.
&&&.&.&.&. &...&&&&.&
...&&&&&&& 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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