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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. ,,,&,,,&,&
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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. &&&&&&,,,&
&,&,,&,&&, ,,,,,,&,,&
,&&&,&&&,& 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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