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