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####@&^-., THE DEER HAS A CROWN OF ROWAN, AND IS ,.-^&@####
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,,,,,,,,,, ITS SELF-KNOWLEDGE. WATCHING EYES. ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, WARMER REGIONS INSTEAD ASCRIBE IT THE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, KNIFE (TEETH, RUMORS OF VIOLENCE), OR ,,,,,,,,,,
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&^-.,,,,,, 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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