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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). .&&.&.&.&.
&&.&.&.&&. ..&.&.&.&.
.&.&.&..&. #...# .&&.&.&.&.
&&.&.&.&&. #...# ^ #...# ..&.&.&.&.
.&.&.&..&. #...# .&&.&.&.&.
&&.&.&.&&. ..&.&.&.&.
.&.&.&..&. 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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