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