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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. &&.&&.&&.&
...&...&.& .&&.&&.&&&
..&&..&&&. 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. &&&&...&..
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...&...... #...# &&&......&
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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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