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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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