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