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%^=~~..... THE DEER HAS A CROWN OF ROWAN, AND IS .....~~=^%
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=~~....... 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 ..~~=^%§#@
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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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