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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. .&&....&.&
&&&&&&&.&. .&.&...&&&
.......&&& 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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