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&..&.&.&.& WOVEN OF VARIOUS GRASSES. .&&.&..&.&
&.&&.&.&.& THE DEER HAS A CROWN OF ROWAN, AND IS ..&.&.&&..
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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 .&&.&..&.&
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&..&.&.&.& 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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