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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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.-~\%$#@@# THE DEER IS A CROSS BETWEEN A HORSE AND #@@#$%\~-.
..-~\%$#@@ A DOG. IT BEARS A RESEMBLANCE TO A @@#$%\~-..
...-~\%$#@ YOUNG SALIX TREE, AND HAS A @#$%\~-...
....-~\%$# SWEET-SMELLING NOSE, LIKE HONEY. #$%\~-....
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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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