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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. &&..&&&&..
.&&....&.& ..&.&...&.
.&.&...&&& 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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