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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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¤^/~,,,,,, ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] ,,,,,,~/^¤
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