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