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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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&....&.&&& SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS &&&..&&&&.
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