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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. ........&.
...&.&&... .........&
&....&&&.. 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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..&......& [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR &&&.......
...&.....& SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS &.&&......
....&..... ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] ..&&&.....
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