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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. .&.&&.....
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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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