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@#@*%=~:.. WOVEN OF VARIOUS GRASSES. ..:~=%*@#@
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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. ..........
:......... .........:
~:........ WARMER REGIONS INSTEAD ASCRIBE IT THE ........:~
=~:....... KNIFE (TEETH, RUMORS OF VIOLENCE), OR .......:~=
%=~:...... OBSESSION (UNBLINKING EYES, ALWAYS ......:~=%
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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 ....:~=%*@
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@#@*%=~:.. 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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