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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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