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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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&..&.&..&. [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR .&&..&.&..
&&.&&&&.&& SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS .&.&.&&&&.
&.&&...&&. ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] .&&&&&...&
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