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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. @£==~~....
...~~==£@£ £@£==~~...
..~~==£@£# 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. ##£@£==~~.
..~~==£@£# #£@£==~~..
...~~==£@£ 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 @£==~~....
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