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:~~,,,,,,, WOVEN OF VARIOUS GRASSES. ,,,,,,,~~:
*:~~,,,,,, THE DEER HAS A CROWN OF ROWAN, AND IS ,,,,,,~~:*
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¤**:~~,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,,,~
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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 ,,~~:**¤@#
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#@¤**:~~,, 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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