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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. =^--......
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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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....--^=@& ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] &@=^--....
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