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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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