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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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#####....# 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 #....##..#
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..#..##..# THE DEER IS A CROSS BETWEEN A HORSE AND ##..##..##
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########## 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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