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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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