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&&....&&&& #....# .&&&......
...&&..&&& #...# #...# ..&..&&&&.
&&......&. #...# #...# ......&&..
...&&&&... #...# {ROE} DEER #...# &&&&&.....
&&..&&..&. #...# #...# .&&&..&&&&
&......... #...# #...# ..&....&&&
..&&&&&&&& #....# ....&&..&&
...&&&&&&& &&&.......
&&..&&&&&. &&..&&&&&&
&....&&&.. [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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