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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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..&.&&..&. #...# = #...# ..&.&&..&.
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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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