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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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