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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 ........~~
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=;~~...... KNIFE (TEETH, RUMORS OF VIOLENCE), OR ......~~;=
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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 ......~~;=
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&£=;~~.... CARAMELLIZED STRUCTURE, WHICH WILL ....~~;=£&
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.......... SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS ..........
.......... ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] ..........
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