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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 ,,«****#
###@&**«,, ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] ,,«**&@###
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