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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. ¤^^~..,,,,
,.~:^@¤### ###¤@^:~.,
,,,,,~~:^¤ 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. ¤¤¤@@^:~.,
,.~:^@¤### ###¤@^:~.,
,.~:^@¤### 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 ###¤@^:~.,
.~:^@¤#### ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] ####¤@^:~.
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