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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.] &&&&&.....
&&...&&&.& ....&.....
.&..&..&&& #...# ...&&....&
&&.&&.&... #...# * #...# ..&.&...&&
.&&.&&&... #...# .&&&&..&..
&.&&..&..& &...&.&&..
&&.&.&&.&. 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. ....&&.&&&
&&.&....&. ...&.&&..&
.&&&...&&. 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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