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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. ...&...&..
&&.&.&.&.. &..&&..&&.
&.&&&&&&&. 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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