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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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&&.....&.& [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR &.&&..&&..
&.&....&&& SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS .&&.&.&.&.
&&&&...&.. ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] .&.&&&&&&&
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