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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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.&&.&.&.&& 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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