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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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#@&§=\~:.. 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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