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%*:~:,,,,, [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD, IN A GARLAND ,,,,,:~:*%
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#§%*:~:,,, THE DEER HAS A CROWN OF ROWAN, AND IS ,,,:~:*%§#
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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 ,,,:~:*%§#
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#§%*:~:,,, 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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