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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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&...&&.&&. #...# / #...# ....&&&&..
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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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