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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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&...&&&&&& #...# \ #...# .&&&&....&
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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. .&&&&&&...
&&&&&&&&&& ..&&&&..&&
&&&&&&&&&& 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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