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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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###&*^:~~, SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS ,~~:^*##
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