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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. ,:~***&@##
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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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