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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. #..####...
....####.. ....##..##
.##..##..# 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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