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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 #......##.
##..#....# 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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