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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. ....&..&..
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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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