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